SA canoeing star goes toe-to-toe with world champion Mads Pedersen in searing heat in Alabama
Andy Birkett leads the front bunch into a portage en route to winning the gold medal in the men's marathon final at the Oak Mountain State Park at the World Games on Tuesday. Picture: IFC/BALINT VEKASSY
After a disappointing short course race where he battled asthma as he finished eighth, Birkett went toe-to-toe with the Danish world champion Mads Pedersen in extreme heat at the Oak Mountain State Park, and won a thrilling end-sprint to claim the title.“He has taken the race from a slow, strategic race with a big end-sprint to a fast race, and to be competitive in the end-sprint you have to be there.
“I found another gear towards the end and backed myself,” said the 2018 world champion. “I am happy because yesterday I had quite a bad race.
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