CANOE OCEAN RACING
Three new world champs for South Africa at epic world canoe challenge
Hayley Nixon became SA’s newest world champion when she conquered tough conditions and a strong field to win the International Canoe Federation’s Ocean Racing World Championships in Hong Kong. Nixon (part of Euro Steel/Carbonology Sport) led home a team charge that yielded four of the top six senior women, a silver in the Under-23 women and two junior medals, with Sabina Lawrie becoming the new junior world champion. Nixon, who came to canoeing and surfski racing from a rowing background, realised a lifelong dream of becoming a world champion, when she won the Surfski World Series title. "World champion – I think I’m going to cry," she said on the finish line. "I’ve been waiting to hear that all my life. It feels like I have ticked this massive box! "I couldn’t be more proud. I’ve finished next to a previous world champion [New Zealand’s Teneale Hatton], and Michelle Burn [of SA], who was almost a world champion." Nixon said the flat and windless conditions combined with the humidit...
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