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34th ICF Flatwater Racing World Championships

August 28, 2005 Zagreb, Croatia

One day after finishing in 8th place in the women’s K-1 1000 meter A Final at the Sprint World Championships, Carrie Johnson (San Diego, Calif.) was at it again. Johnson also finished 8th in the 500 meter A Final on Sunday. It was another excellent race and Johnson showed the world she is one of the best sprint paddlers alive.

At the World Championships, there are both an A Final and a B Final. The A Final is the top nine boats and decides the three podium positions plus the ranking of boats four through nine. The B Final takes the next nine boats from their respective semi-finals and determines the ranking of boats 10 through 18.

Rami Zur (Berkeley, Calif.) won the men’s K-1 200 meter B final on Sunday afternoon, sprinting past 8 other great international paddlers to essentially finish 10th overall in the 200 meter distance. Zur had an earlier B final on Sunday morning in the K-1 500 meters where he finished fifth.

The only other US boat in action on the final day of competition was the men’s K-4 500 meters team of Morgan House (Gainesville, Ga.), Brandon Woods (Kaneohe, Hawaii), Danny Krawczyk (Bayside, N.Y.) and Ty Hagler (Gainesville, Ga.). This team raced in the B Final and finished 8th.

Full results can be found on the organizer’s website at: http://www.kajak.hr/eng/wc2005.php

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