The kiwi team were all on the course racing, on day two of the World Champs in Seu, with only the C1 women advancing to the semis in their demonstration event. In the 98 strong K1 men's field, Peter Kauser 84.74s SLO, continued his outstanding form and took top honours by 1.99 seconds, showing his consistent form this year.
Top performing New Zealander Mike Dawson, who had spent the week off the water due to a mystery illness needed to be helped from his boat after second runs, finished a disappointing 54th, after a touch on the last gate. The fastest Kiwi with a raw run of 91.51s, the touch blew his semi hopes, while Aaron Osborne's 92.16s clean second run left him in 45th. Team mate Johann Roozenburg 102.58s was 69th. Alex Grimm Olympic Champion Beijing failed to make the semis on this course, which tested the athletes.
Youngster Brent Bastin 112.40s in his first world champs experience finished 52nd in the C1 event, fielding 67 paddlers. Jon Eurguin ESP to the home crowd's delight, took out the heats in 91.74s.
Top performing New Zealander Mike Dawson, who had spent the week off the water due to a mystery illness needed to be helped from his boat after second runs, finished a disappointing 54th, after a touch on the last gate. The fastest Kiwi with a raw run of 91.51s, the touch blew his semi hopes, while Aaron Osborne's 92.16s clean second run left him in 45th. Team mate Johann Roozenburg 102.58s was 69th. Alex Grimm Olympic Champion Beijing failed to make the semis on this course, which tested the athletes.
Youngster Brent Bastin 112.40s in his first world champs experience finished 52nd in the C1 event, fielding 67 paddlers. Jon Eurguin ESP to the home crowd's delight, took out the heats in 91.74s.
At the top of the table in the women's C1 demonstration event was 16 year old Chinese athlete Qianqian Teng, 120.84 s with NZL'ers Louise Jull 149.26s in 8th, and Luuka Jones 190.99s in 16th, both advancing to semis on Sunday.
The ICF is working towards having C1W in the 2016 Olympics and while the fields are currently small a number of nations are actively preparing their athletes for the 2016 Olympics.
Day three is teams events, with the only NZ team being in K1 mens.
