Olympic Champion Krisztina Fazekas-Zur had only managed to go home and visit her family in Hungary for a week before she left again Tuesday 30 September for California in order to start preparations for the 2015 racing season.
In preparation for the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio and as a consequence of the disappointing results of this year’s world championships in Moscow, the German canoe federation (DKV) rearranges its trainer team. This, also in regard to the competition for the important quota places in Milano next year.
Only 5 days after the World Championship in Russia, I am on my way to Potsdam in Germany. This has a great canoe club: it was the former West Germany Olympic team training centre and more recently they were German Club Champions winning more than 60 podium places.
The building of water and paddle sports centre is underway in the village of Yaksatovo in the region of Astrakhan, Russia. This year, the regional government has allocated 900 million rubles for the construction of this new centre.
The Sprint world championships held in Moscow ended with a triumphant victory for Yuri Cheban, an Olympic champion at the London 2012 Olympic Games and an ‘Honoured Sportsmaster’ in his home country of Ukraine.
The city wants to invest 7.3 million Euros, out of regional and state funds into the reconstruction and renovation of the training centre at the canoe race course. These repair works are urgently needed due to poor insulation and accessibility issues for wheelchair users.
Interview with Tomasz Kryk, the Poznań coach of the women’s kayak team, which brought a gold, two silvers and a bronze back from the World Championships in Moscow.
In 2011 kayak world champion with Yvonne Schuring, Viktoria Schwarz now targets an Olympic gold medal in Rio 2016 with her new K2-partner. ”Of cause it is our goal to win a medal, but we know it will be hard. This is the dream of every athlete and we will give our best to duly represent Austria” says Viktoria, who has been at Olympic Games twice.
Interview with Marta Walczykiewicz: a KTW Kalisz (Kaliskie Towarzystwo Wioślarskie – Kalisz Rowing Association) kayaker, world champion and two-time runner up at the World Championships on the regatta course in Moscow.