Another exciting day of racing at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships saw South Africa’s junior K2 racers Georgina Howard, Melonie Croeser, Amy Peckett and Nosipho Mthembu fight it out with the world’s best.
Howard and Croeser eventually finished fourteenth overall while Peckett and Mthembu came home in seventeenth.
The K1 racing was in the under-23 age group on Friday and South Africa had four boats in the mix, featuring Christie Mackenzie and Kyeta Purchase and both put in big efforts to finish sixth and eighth, respectively.
Mackenzie still has a few years of under-23 paddling ahead of her and will be eyeing the podium in the future after her junior bronze medal in 2017.
Both Purchase and Mackenzie will now shift their focus to the K2 race on Sunday, 20 October 2019. Mackenzie will team up with Bridgitte Hartley, while Purchase and Jenna Ward will battle it out.
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Summary of Results – ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships Day Two:
Junior K2:
1.Emese Kohalmi/Eszter Rendessy (HUN) 01:21:52
2.Eszter CsonkaEvelin Csengri 01:23:27
3.Adela Hazova/Katerina Zarubova (CZE) 01:24:08
14.Georgina Howard/Melonie Croeser (RSA) 01:31:29
17.Amy Peckett/Nosipho Mthembu (RSA) 01:35:08
Under-23 K1:
1.Lili Katona (HUN) 01:49:53
2.Anna Sletsjoee (NOR) 01:51:15
3.Irati Osa (ESP) 01:51:30
6.Christie Mackenzie (RSA) 01:53:21
8.Kyeta Purchase (RSA) 01:54:51
2019 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships Schedule (SA Time):
Saturday, 19 October:
06:30AM – K1 Women
Sunday, 20 October:
05:15AM – K2 Women
Photo 1 Caption: South African Under-23 Women’s challengers Kyeta Purchase (left) and Christie Mackenzie (right) in action at the 2019 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Shaoxing, China on Friday, 18 October 2019. Photo: Bence Vekassy/Gameplan Media
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