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Press Release – Canoe Racing NZ Competing in just the third regatta of his career, Corbin Hart will take to the water tonight at the ICF Canoe-Kayak Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup in Szeged seeking to secure a New Zealand qualification spot at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. The …
Competing in just the third regatta of his career, Corbin Hart will take to the water tonight at the ICF Canoe-Kayak Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup in Szeged seeking to secure a New Zealand qualification spot at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.
The 26-year-old, who only took up the sport of kayaking in July last year, will make his international debut later today at 8.30pm (NZ time) competing in the heats of the KL3 200m.
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Credit: Nikola Krstic
Para canoeist
Corbin Hart produced a superlative display on his
international debut to advance to the A final of the KL3
200m at the ICF Canoe-Kayak Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup
in Szeged, Hungary today (Thursday) and barring an
unforeseen disaster the rookie Kiwi is poised to qualify a
New Zealand boat for the Tokyo Paralympic
Games.
Competing in just his third regatta, the
26-year-old belied his lack of experience to finish second
in his opening heat, recording a time of 44.27 to advance
fifth fastest for the semi-finals.
Then, some 90
minutes later in a high-pressure semi-final, Corbin stepped
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 10:30 am
Competing in just the third regatta of his career, Corbin
Hart will take to the water tonight at the ICF Canoe-Kayak
Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup in Szeged seeking to secure a
New Zealand qualification spot at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic
Games.
The 26-year-old, who only took up the sport of
kayaking in July last year, will make his international
debut later today at 8.30pm (NZ time) competing in the heats
of the KL3 200m.
Should he secure a top six spot (or a
next best fastest time) he will advance to the semi-finals
from 10pm today. The A final takes place on Sunday at 02.30