Hanhart recently served because the official timekeeper and watch partner of the Extreme Kayak World Championship - which took place round the legendary 'Wellerbrucke' course in Austria's Oetztal Valley for the fifth time in a row. Between September 29th and October 2nd, the best whitewater kayakers around the globe battled it out around the Oetztaler Ache River in Tyrol's longest alpine valley to determine the Extreme Kayak World Champion 2011.
The World Championship tests the kayakers' ability to not only get down one of the world's most challenging rapids in one piece, but to do it fast at the same time. In 2011, too, the so-called 'Wellerbrucke' section of the glacier-fed Oetztaler Ache River - that has the reputation of being the Eiger North Face of whitewater kayaking - was the center of the race action. The legendary 280 meter-long raceourse is solid class 5 white water - both technically difficult and dangerous.Last year's top 25 were automatically seeded; the remaining entries were allocated to kayakers who master whitewater class 5. The over 140 participants were creeking, slalom and freestyle world champions, winners of prestigious extreme races and extreme paddlers from 26 different countries, including athletes from all over Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil, USA, Canada and Russia.
With his perfect run in the semi-final, Sam Sutton from New Zealand set a brand new course record of 0:56,41 so that everybody was eager to see if he could keep it up in the super-final. The top 15 athletes in the super-final showed how competitive these championships have become, with all the kayakers ranking 2nd to 8th ending up within a second of each other. Final starter Sam Sutton showed again how to find the 'Sickline' and even topped the record he set up during the semis. A solid start, a smooth mid-section and a perfect final drop around the 'Champions Killer' secured his second title in a row.
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