Browsing Archive: February, 2011
Posted by Alexa Lombard on Saturday, February 19, 2011,
Durban - Andy
Birkett’s dream race continued on the final day of The Unlimited Dusi canoe
marathon as he managed to keep the vastly experienced Ant Stott at bay and
eventually out sprint the four-time winner to cross the line at Blue Lagoon in
Durban in first place by the narrowest of margins the 60 year-old race has ever
seen.
The two shared the lead almost the entire way from Pietermaritzburg
to Durban and, with 118km of tough racing over three energy sapping days not
even being eno... Continue reading ...
Posted by Alexa Lombard on Friday, February 18, 2011,
Inanda Dam - Ant Stott showed tremendous determination as he fought
back from an unexpected swim midway through the stage to set the fastest time of
the day on Day Two of The Unlimited Dusi to claim a narrow stage victory over
Day One winner Andy Birkett and in so doing took the overall lead as
well.
Stott looked to close the gap as quickly as possible but he had his
work cut off for him as Birkett was keen to keep the Dusi stalwart at bay for as
long as he could. Stott’s superior Dus...
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Posted by Alexa Lombard on Thursday, February 17, 2011,
Dusi Bridge - Andrew
Birkett stormed to the overnight lead in The Unlimited Dusi canoe marathon,
shattering the ten year old stage record after a first stage peppered with
dramatic developments systematically derailed the top contenders.
Twenty
year old Birkett, who won last year’s K2 race along with Jason Graham, looked
incredibly strong throughout the 43 kilometre first day and despite brief rudder
trouble midway through the day he went on to take the win 46 seconds ahead of
defendi... Continue reading ...
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