Bridgitte’s WC Gold a 1st for SA
Bridgitte Hartley paddled her way into the canoeing history books on Sunday, when she won South Africa’s first ever gold medal at a sprinting World Cup regatta, when she won the women’s 1000m A final at the third Canoeing World Cup, at Poznan, Poland.
Bridgette and Michele Team Up in K2
Following last weekend’s showdown in Szeged that settled the tussle between ace national sprint canoeists Jen Hodson and Bridgitte Hartley for the solitary women’s 500m K1 berth at the Beijing Olympics, Hartley will team up in a K2 with Michele Eray at this weekend’s World Cup in Germany.
Hodson vs Hartley for Olympic Team
South Africa’s sprint canoeing challenge at the Beijing Olympic Games in August will be shaped this weekend in the charged atmosphere of the canoeing mecca of Szeged in Hungary, where the season’s first World Cup regatta is serving as the final selection event.