Dawson takes Silver at the Extreme World Champs Austria

By adidas Sickline

In a tight and thrilling final on the legendary Wellerbrücke course German kayaker Alexander Grimm 2008 Olympic Champion in Beijing, adds another gold to his collection today at the adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship in Austria’s beautiful Ötztal. Grimm finished 68 hundredths of a second ahead of New Zealand’s Mike Dawson and 78 hundredths ahead ofJakobus Stenglein from Germany. Over 100 top kayakers from twenty-two countries, among them Olympic Champions and World Champions in canoe slalom, had travelled to Austria to compete for world championship honours on one of the most difficult whitewater sections on the planet.

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