Classic French Factor
France won all three team gold medals on offer at the 2009 ICF Junior Wildwater World Championships in Buochs, Switzerland.
The French women overcame some of their individual disappointment of the previous day when they finished far from the medals to head Germany by five seconds in a time of 22:44.97 with Slovenia holding off Italy to take third. The French trio of Ines Devrainne, Claire Emile Simon and Maud Sevaux then cheered on their male counterparts over the final stretch to make it a golden hatrick for “les Tricolors”.
While the French celebrated their grand slam success other teams vowed to turn the tables in the sprint team event which follows the classic event. True to their word, the German team started the new day with intent, leading the men’s and women’s K1 sprint events after the first runs with France heading the C1 team.
Conditions in Buochs had deteriorated overnight with the forecast of heavy rain and thunderstorms leading organisers to bring forward the sprint program to the morning.
Results
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2009-07-20
