Four-man kayak Olympic champion Max Rendschmidt paddled to two titles at the 100th German championships on Saturday. On the Dove Elbe in Hamburg he won in a two-man with Tobias Pascal-Schultz (TG KV NRW) and then prevailed with Schultz as well as Yannik Pflugfelder and Max Hoff in a four-man. Rendschmidt’s Tokyo colleague Tom Liebscher won bronze in both competitions with the RG Sachsen. Sabrina Hering-Pradler (Hanover) meanwhile also won the title in the single kayak over 500 meters after her success over 200 meters. In the duo with the second placed Paulina Paszek, she was also successful in the two and left her Olympic teammates Caroline Arft and Jule Hake behind in her second victory of the day.
In the Canadier competitions, Conrad-Robin Scheibner (Berlin) won over 500 meters in one of the 1000-meter Olympic sixth. In the women’s category, Ophelia Preller (Potsdam) won. The post-Olympic championships end on Sunday with the decisions over 1000 meters and 5000 meters.
Para-canoeist Edina Müller (Hamburg) is still facing the high point of the year. She was well prepared for the Paralympics in Tokyo. In Hamburg, the 38-year-old secured victory at the premiere of the pursuit race over 200 meters. In addition, she was third in mixed together with Marvin Stryga. She had already taken first place in the individual race on Friday. “That gives me a good feeling for Tokyo. The conditions here weren’t simply blown by the wind,” said Müller, who will be competing in Tokyo from August 24th to September 5th.
“It’s a bit of a shame that there weren’t any spectators,” she added; Due to the corona pandemic, the audience was not allowed. Edina Müller will fly to Japan with the German team on Tuesday. She contests her preliminary run on September 2nd. The semi-finals and finals will then take place on September 4th in the Japanese capital.