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Corbin
Hart. Image credit: Nikola
Krstic
Just ten months after he
first sat in a kayak, Corbin Hart completed the first
chapter of his inspirational journey by qualifying a New
Zealand boat in the KL3 200m for the Tokyo Paralympics in
Szeged, Hungary today.
Competing at the ICF
Canoe-Kayak Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup, Corbin’s first
ever international regatta and just the third competition of
his fledgling career, the 26-year-old Kiwi finished seventh
in the A Final
Making a solid start, he quickly
established a nice rhythm in a highly-competitive race.
Digging deep, he finished strongly overhauling Hungary’s
Corbin Hart
Photo: Nikola Krstic
Hart, 26, finished seventh in the A final at the canoe-kayak sprint and paracanoe World Cup in Szeged, Hungary today.
It was his first ever international regatta and just the third competition of his fledgling career.
Hart finished strongly in 43.78sec, overhauling Hungary s Erik Kiss with his final stroke to grab seventh in 43.78.
World and Paralympic champion Serhii Yemelianov of Ukraine was an impressive winner in 40.44. Nothing quite like the music to my ears of being told that you have qualified for Tokyo. I still can t quite believe it, Hart said. That was the hardest thing ever but the most rewarding.
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Corbin Hart Photo: Nikola Krstic
Just 10 months after he first sat in a kayak, Corbin Hart has qualified a New Zealand boat in the KL3 200m for the Tokyo Paralympics.
Hart, 26, finished seventh in the A final at the canoe-kayak sprint and paracanoe World Cup in Szeged, Hungary today.
It was his first ever international regatta and just the third competition of his fledgling career.
Hart finished strongly in 43.78sec, overhauling Hungary’s Erik Kiss with his final stroke to grab seventh in 43.78.
World and Paralympic champion Serhii Yemelianov of Ukraine was an impressive winner in 40.44.
“Nothing quite like the music to my ears of being told that you have qualified for Tokyo. I still can’t quite believe it,” Hart said.