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| 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).
