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June 16, 2008 -- Karlovy Vary, CZE
We just wrapped the World Cup in Karlovy Vary. 4 of us raced. Me, Nathan Hamm, Tom Wier and Mike Harris. The event was up to the
usual high standards of the Czechs and their sponsor, Mattoni. The sprint went well. It was VERY LONG and VERY FLAT.
I was able to break the 10% barrier after just missing it at Worlds. Today was the classic. I haven't seen the results yet
as I had to leave, but non of us left anything out there. Long race again. The winning K1 time was probably near 20 minutes.
(more from Tom Wier)
We just finished the classic race at Karlovy Vary, the second world cup race this year. The course is long and hard to
pace well. As you paddle down, the course becomes flatter and shallower, which means that you have to work harder and harder
all the way.
I feel pretty good about my race, though I was 10.2 percent back. Emil Milihram won again, at 22.17, and I finished at 24.33.
I went hard, and I think I couldn't have been much faster today. I've learned a lot about my technique over here, and I
think I can be a good bit faster if I can figure out how to apply it. I finished 17th today, and beat a few people who beat me
yesterday.
Nathan Hamm raced hard, but wasn't too happy with his result of 24.25. Yesterday, Chris Hipgrave was under 10 percent back,
and beat all C1s, K1W, and C2s. Today, he came up just short of repeating the same feat. He finished 3 seconds behind the top C1.
Click here for the complete results.
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