The Canoe
Marathon World Championships kicked off with the Junior and U23 events on Friday 20th at Lake Bagsværd in Copenhagen.
In the junior
competition, Hungary smashed the field, claiming three golds out of three races
with Tamara Takacs in K1 Women, Adam Petra in K1 Men and Kristof Khaut in C1
Men.
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| Raquel Carbajo leads the race with Hatton (in black) and Brun-Lie (in white). Photo: Jan N (DKF) |
2 hours
later, in perfect, glassy conditions, the U23 K1 Women, and C1 men, set off. After
the first lap it was clear that Teneale Hatton (NZL), recently crowned 5000m world
champion, wanted to set the pace in order to have the race under her control. After
the second portage the front group was reduced to three paddlers: Hatton, Agnes
Brun-Lie (NOR) and Raquel Carbajo (ESP), opening a gap of around 30 seconds
over a group of six paddlers including Susanna Cicali (ITA), Noami Horvath
(HUN) and Nuria Villace (ESP) and Lize Broekx (BEL), among others. The three
leaders were careful to maintain the gap, each taking turns at the front to keep
everything under control until the last lap.
