After last years big success, it was time for another round of spectacular head to head action on the olympic whitewater course in Augsburg, Germany. 32 men and 6 women signed up to battle it all out to be in the win of a 1000 euro worth brand new mountain bike, great paddling gear from Sandiline and of course, high performance whitewater shoes from Teva.
Tight positioning right of the ramp (©Marianne Stenglein)
This years race again was part of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup finals in Augsburg, Germany. After the action between the poles many spectators stayed to witness some great & furious action with the 10 foot high start ramp and many obstacles to guarantee plenty of position changes during the heats.
Plenty of obstacles to throw the athletes off line (©Marianne Stenglein)
Every heat showed plenty of action with top favorites been way in front and after making small mistakes to fall back to last place within a glimpse of a second ! Teva Life Agent Jacobus Stenglein was amongst those, unfortunately to drop out in the semi finals after winning all mayor Boater X races in Europe this year.
Jacobus fast and sharp off the ramp (©Marianne Stenglein)
The women's final turned into a battle between Germany and New Zealand with Kiwi Luise Lull winning after been on third position and making a quick move on gate 2 to pass all others to victory. Second place for Jacqueline Horn from Germany and third for Luuka Jones from NZ.
In the mens final it came to a big show down between the top guys on the German slalom team. Hannes Aigner from Augsburg, last years Boater X winner and this year first place holder in the Slalom WC final was on fire and more than motivated to win another mountain bike. But it was Paul Boeckelmann who place third the day before in the slalom to win the tight battle in the final, with Hannes second and Lukas Kalkbrenner placing third.
The boys going hard out (©Marianne Stenglein)
The girls not holding back either... (©Marianne Stenglein)
Another round in 2011 - guaranteed !!!
Location: SinglePost
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