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Inside the World Championships with Claire O – Day 6 – Finals Day – A smashing good round

Inside the World Championships with Claire O – Day 6 – Finals Day – A smashing good round

This was it, 10 years on from watching the freestyle finals live in Canada* wishing that I could be out there throwing down, here I was in Argentina about to go into my 4th Freestyle Kayak World Championships finals and amazingly I was going into it in 1st place....
Inside the World Championships with Claire O – Day 5 – Quarter & Semi Finals – A smashing good round

Inside the World Championships with Claire O – Day 5 – Quarter & Semi Finals – A smashing good round

As I look at the open front of my kayak and see almost all the way through to the inside I can’t help but smile and laugh as I remember Jez and a few others that morning telling me before my runs ‘to go out there and smash it!’  I must remember...
Inside the World Championships with Claire O – Day 4 – C1 and Womens Prelims

Inside the World Championships with Claire O – Day 4 – C1 and Womens Prelims

The sun shone bright as we woke up ready for another big day of action. This time it’s both me and Jez competing as its C1 and Women’s prelims day. The Frenchies hid from the sun between heats Jez leaves early as he has an announcing meeting before his...
Inside the World Championships with Claire O – Day 3 – Mens Prelims

Inside the World Championships with Claire O – Day 3 – Mens Prelims

Everyone is here with their own personal goals Today was the men’s prelims. The biggest of all the classes with over 6 and half hours of non stop freestyle. Still exhausted from the Squirt boating event today was my enforced rest day as my freestyle would kick...
Inside the World Championships with Claire O – Day 2 – Jnr W & M Prelims

Inside the World Championships with Claire O – Day 2 – Jnr W & M Prelims

Waking up knowing I had just won another World Championships was an amazing feeling. As I opened the curtains and looked out over the lake the view was insane. The wind had settled and the lake shone bright blue and calm. I felt a mix of emotions excitement, relief...
Inside the World Championships with Claire O – Team Training Week

Inside the World Championships with Claire O – Team Training Week

So as team training week begun my plan for four days rest quickly turned into two and a half days rest followed by one, 20 minute, team training slot which equaled about four runs in the feature and then another days rest. A change from what I originally had planned...
3 days to go – The Atmosphere builds – Inside the World Championships with Claire O

3 days to go – The Atmosphere builds – Inside the World Championships with Claire O

The Infrastructure is going up Things are beginning to take shape here in Argentina. After a few weeks of training in the middle of a desert on a feature surrounded by mostly dirt, gravel and dust it was hard to imagine that a major event was about to take place. But...

Why Argentina Worlds Were the Best Ever!

These Freestyle Kayaking World Championships in San Juan, Argentina were particularly special for me. First, after Garburator Worlds, I honestly said to myself that I was not going to Argentina – it seemed far away and impossible to imagine going!! Second, I was not...