International Canoe Federation (ICF) marathon silver medal holder Andy Birkett has won gold in the short-and long-course marathon races at the ICF canoe marathon World Cup in Shaoxing, China. The more prestigious long-course event took place on Monday, with regular visitor to SA Adrian Boros adding excitement by providing a significant threat to Birkett. Boros finished third at the World Championships behind Birkett and Hank McGregor in September. It was a four-way fight for the title with Euro Steel’s Birkett, Hungarian Boros, Filippo Vincenzi of Italy and Quentin Urban from France battling it out after they opened a gap on the rest of the field. As Birkett had done in Pietermaritzburg just over a month ago, he outsprinted Boros and the other two to take the win, with the Hungarian claiming silver and Vincenzi taking home the bronze. The short 3.6km course was the scene of a significant challenge from Urban and Boros, but Birkett again prevailed to claim the victory, this time by j...
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