Adrián Boros of Hungary led from start to finish to win the Berg River Canoe Marathon on Saturday and become the first international paddler to achieve the feat in the 56-year history of the event. Boros had a 3min 20sec advantage going into the final leg from Bridgetown to Velddrif with the 57km stage standing between him and a historic win. He powered to yet another end-sprint win over Bamboo Warehouse’s Graeme Solomon to claim the overall victory. The 26-year-old won all four stages of the trek from Paarl to Velddrif and clocked an overall time of 16hr 53min 11sec, which was 3:21 clear of Cape Town’s former winner Solomon, who battled throughout in a bid to join 1962 champion Nollie Meiring as the oldest winner at age 44. The five-strong women’s race was a one-horse affair with the Cape’s Bianca Beavitt winning by a country mile for her third consecutive victory. The Century City-Pink Lady star ended 18th overall to fall one place short of joining Alexa Cole (2005) as the highest...
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