ICF World Cup Canoe Marathon on Lake Bagsvaerd 22 June – 24 June 2012

World Cup medals. Photo: DKF

This summer’s biggest international sports event on Danish soil will take place on Lake Bagsvaerd from 22 June to 24 June. Here, 165 of the World’s best canoe and kayak paddlers will meet in competition at World Cup Marathon 2012 and struggle for medals under the International Canoe Federation, ICF.

Paddlers from 19 nations have already registered for the event and Denmark is participating with a national team of 25 paddlers who will fight to the last drop of blood to win metal and honour on home ground.

World Cup Marathon is a rehearsal for the World Championships event in September 2013 which has been granted The Danish Canoe Federation (DKF), by the  ICF. This event will also take place on Lake Bagsvaerd.

DKF arranges both the World Championships and the World Cup in cooperation with Gladsaxe and Lyngby-Taarbaek municipalities, Wonderful Copenhagen and ICF

In order to make World Cup a unique experience for competitors, spectators and the press, the organizers have chosen to construct a circular route by the lake so that all races can be followed from the lake shore from start to finish. 

There is free entrance for the spectators and the organizers hope that between 2,000 and 3,000 will show up and cheer on the Danish athletes. At local events the local canoe and kayak clubs have drawn people’s attention to the World Cup regatta. Furthermore, different activities for the audience will be arranged at the regatta. According to tradition, Midsummer night will be celebrated with a big bonfire on the lake on 23 June. Naturally, all participants and leaders are also invited.

As a prelude to World Cup 121 masters paddlers from 10 nations will compete for gold, silver and bronze on Friday 22 June before the official opening of World Cup on Saturday 23 June with competitions Saturday and Sunday. 

Danish participants:

Men Senior K1

Rene Olsen, Maribo Kajakklub

Nicolai Blach, Skanderborg KK

Niels Boe, Maribo Kajakklub

Mads Mikkelsen, Kolding Kajakklub

Hans Chr. Stærkind, Hellerup Kajakklub

Niklas M. Hansen, Silkeborg Kajakklub

Men Senior K2

Rene Olsen (Maribo Kajakklub) / Nicolai Blach (Skanderborg KK)

Jeppe Glesner (Kolding Kajakklub) / Peter Jensen (Kolding Kajakklub)

Women Senior K1

Annemia Pretzmann, Silkeborg Kajakklub

Birgit Pontoppidan, Gladsaxe Kano og Kajakklub

Sofie Jørgensen, Maribo Kajakklub

Solveig Schmidt, Odense Kajakklub

Women Senior K2

Sofie Jørgensen (Maribo Kajakklub) / Annemia Pretzmann (Silkeborg Kajakklub)

Men Junior K1

Casper Pretzmann, Silkeborg Kajakklub

Mads Brandt Petersen, Silkeborg Kajakklub

Nicolai Mørcke, Vejle Kajakklub

Morten Graversen, Silkeborg Kajakklub

Men Junior K2

Morten Graversen (Silkeborg Kajakklub) / Mads Brandt Petersen (Silkeborg Kajakklub)

Sebastian Søndergaard (Silkeborg) / Jacob Arbøl (Vallensbæk)

Women Junior K1

Amalie Thomsen, Kano og Kajakklubben Limfjorden

Rikke Jørgensen, Maribo Kajakklub

Katrine Græsbøll Christensen, Silkeborg Kajakklub

Women Junior K2

Emilie Rosenkilde (Skovshoved Roklub) / Ida Willumsen (Kanoklubben 361)

Rikke Jørgensen (Maribo Kajakklub) / Amalie Thomsen (Limfjorden)

Emma Jørgensen (Maribo) / Emilie A. Petersen (Maribo).

Danish Canoe Association’s K1 200m Olympic Nomination stirs debate

Jimmy Bøjesen decided to spend this weekend on completely different things than kayaking . Photo: Das Büro.

This weekend’s Bagsværd Regatta offered a remarkable race and drama both on and off the lanes in the men’s k1 200 meters.

At May’s two World Cup races in Poland and Germany, Jimmy Bøjesen and Kasper Bleibach both raced to fight over the Olympic spot in k1 200m, which Jimmy Bøjesen secured for Denmark at the 2011 World Championships in Hungary. In this battle, Kasper Bleibach drew the longest straw with a margin of better times and placings.

However, none of the paddlers managed to make it to the top, as Jimmy Bøjesen came fourth in the Duisburg B-final in time 35.863, and Kasper Bleibach came third in the same B-final in time 35.838.

Shortly before Bagsværd Regatta where all Danish paddlers had the chance to race against each other, the Danish Canoe Association had submitted the Olympic nominations to The Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF) regarding the k1 200m spot at the Olympics, and nominated Kasper Bleibach on the basis of the predetermined selection criteria of “best out of three races”.

Casper Nielsen wins Bagsværd Regatta 2012 in K1 200 meter. Video: Jens Thybo

Jimmy Bøjesen was enrolled to Bagsværd Regatta, but the national team paddler had decided to spend the weekend on completely different things than kayaking. And the debate of DKF’s Olympic nomination for the k1 200m spot has certainly fueled during the past week.   

Unfortunately, I’m aware of the problems there has been along the way; I fully respect Kasper Bleibach and congratulate him on the 200m spot. But naturally, I had rather seen Jimmy do the k1 200m, and I hope DKF and Team Danmark will consider who should be doing k1 200m in the future, says Lars Bøjesen on The Danish Paddling Magazine’s Facebook debate site. 

Casper Nielsen won Bagsværd Regatta. Photo: Jens Thybo.

At the same time, this weekend’s Bagsværd Regatta showed that Denmark’s currently fastest guy on the k1 200m distance – with the absence of Jimmy Bøjesen – is Gladsaxe’s Casper Nielsen.

Casper Nielsen won Bagsværd Regatta in front of Olympic nominee Kasper Bleibach and Esben Østergaard from the club Odin in Odense. Esben is not on the national team, but was able to push both Casper Nielsen and Kasper Bleibach to the fullest, and only 73/100 of a second separated the gold from bronze in the race.

Following Bagsværd Regatta, Esben Østergaard has been selected to do k1 200m at the U23 European Championships in July in Portugal.

Results from Bagsværd Regatta 2012, k1 men 200m:

1		Casper Nielsen	Gladsaxe	00:38:007
2		Kasper Bleibach	Maribo	00:38:032
3		Esben Østergaard	Odin	00:38:080

  

  

Translation: Birgit Pontoppidan

Video: Danish Championship Kayak Ergometer 2012

Let's take a look back at the danish indoor kayak championships 2012 in january in this great video by Nicolaj Skotte. In a few weeks the paddlers will be competing on the water in the first national sprint regatta in Copenhagen.



Video: Nikolaj Skotte.

Map for kayakers: Find flatwater regatta courses all over the world



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Here is a map of some key locations for sprint kayaking all over the world created by The danish paddling magazine.

This map lists more than 50 regatta courses and interesting locations for training camps. Have a look at the Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre 2012 at Dorney Lake or have a virtual tour to Australia, South Africa or Brasil.

Red pin: International regatta course

Blue pin: National regatta course

Green pin: Popular area for training camps

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Kayak ergo test: Kim Wraa hopeful for more speed

COPENHAGEN: In 2008 danish kayaker Kim Wraa won a Olympic silver medal in the K2 1000 meter event in Beijing. Follow his preparations for the 2012 Olympic games in this kayak ergo test session:

Olympic Games: Dorney Lake is almost ready



These danish national kayakers are expected to participate at the Olympic Games 2012.
Photos: http://www.ol.dk/

With just over six months to go until the Olympic Games, Dorney Lake is almost ready to host the canoe sprint competitions.

The 2,200m course, which belongs to Eton College, will see 248 athletes take part in events between August 6 and August 11. The Canoe Sprint 200m race will make its Olympic debut at London 2012.

The venue has had to undergo major alterations to make it suitable for the London Olympics.

The enhancements include the creation of a separate return lane and cut-throughs between the main lake and the return lake for competitors to move between the two and the installation of a 50m bridge over a widened entrance to the return lake for vehicles and pedestrians and a new bridge over one of the cut-throughs.

The construction of the spectator grandstands will begin in March.

One of the biggest challenges facing the organisers is getting 30,000 spectators on and off the site. The lake, which is 40 km. from London and 25 km. from Henley, is in an isolated setting near a number of small villages.

Ivor Lloyd, managing director of Dorney Lake Services, said there was "no way" the crowds could access the lake by road, adding: "It’s absolutely rural."

There will be no public transport to the site. All spectators will travel to Windsor racecourse on buses from a number of park-and-ride centres.

The majority of competitors will stay at an Olympic village set up at Royal Holloway College in Egham.

German kayaking icon Birgit Fischer, who has won eight Olympic gold medals and an astonishing 28 World Championship titles could be one of the competitors. She has recently targeted a comeback at London 2012 when she will be 50-years-old!

Fischer holds the remarkable distinction of being both the youngest and oldest-ever Olympic kayaking champion after claiming her first gold medal at Moscow 1980 at 18-years-old and her last gold at Athens 2004 at 42-years-old.

Should Fischer take part at London 2012, she would become the first German sportsperson to take part in seven Olympic Games. She twice represented East Germany in 1980 and 1988 but missed the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics after the country boycotted the event.

Eight danish paddlers are targeting the Olympic Games in London 2012: Casper Nielsen, Emil Stær, Henriette Engel Hansen, Jimmy Bøjelsen, Kasper Bleibach, Kim Wraae, Lasse Nielsen and René Poulsen.

Sources: ICF-HUB / The Henley Standard

Olympic competition schedule:

Date / time	Sport	Venue
6 August 09:30 - 11:50	Canoe Sprint	Eton Dorney, Buckinghamshire
	Men's Canoe Single (C1) 1000m: heats, semi-finals Men's Kayak Single (K1) 1000m: heats, semi-finals Men's Kayak Double (K2) 1000m: heats, semi-final Women's Kayak Four (K4) 500m: heats, semi-final
7 August 09:30 - 11:30	Canoe Sprint	Eton Dorney, Buckinghamshire
	Men's Canoe Double (C2) 1000m: heats, semi-final Men's Kayak Four (K4) 1000m: heats, semi-final Women's Kayak Single (K1) 500m: heats, semi-finals Women's Kayak Double (K2) 500m: heats, semi-final
8 August 09:30 - 11:15	Canoe Sprint	Eton Dorney, Buckinghamshire
	Men's Canoe Single (C1) 1000m: final, victory ceremony Men's Kayak Single (K1) 1000m: final, victory ceremony Men's Kayak Double (K2) 1000m: final, victory ceremony Women's Kayak Four (K4) 500m: final, victory ceremony
9 August 09:30 - 11:15	Canoe Sprint	Eton Dorney, Buckinghamshire
	Men's Canoe Double (C2) 1000m: final, victory ceremony Men's Kayak Four (K4) 1000m: final, victory ceremony Women's Kayak Single (K1) 500m: final, victory ceremony Women's Kayak Double (K2) 500m: final, victory ceremony
10 August 09:30 - 11:55	Canoe Sprint	Eton Dorney, Buckinghamshire
	Men's Canoe Single (C1) 200m: heats, semi-finals Men's Kayak Single (K1) 200m: heats, semi-finals Men's Kayak Double (K2) 200m: heats, semi-final Women's Kayak Single (K1) 200m: heats, semi-finals
11 August 09:30 - 11:20	Canoe Sprint	Eton Dorney, Buckinghamshire
	Men's Canoe Single (C1) 200m: final, victory ceremony Men's Kayak Single (K1) 200m: final, victory ceremony Men's Kayak Double (K2) 200m: final, victory ceremony Women's Kayak Single (K1) 200m: final, victory ceremony

 


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World wide map of flatwater regatta courses to be launched

This is a sneak preview of the forthcoming regatta course map.

The final version will be fully zoomable all over the world.

In a few weeks we will launch an interesting world wide map of flatwater regatta courses in this blog. Many of the best places for traning camps in the world will be included as well!

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