Canoe World Championship: Scheibner received double gold as a satisfaction

Conrad Scheibner made his statement in the Olympic year.

After the disappointing sixth place in Tokyo, the Berlin canoeist underscored his ambitions in the canoe area with double gold at the World Championships in Copenhagen and thus initiated the generation change after the Sebastian Brendel era.

"At the World Cup I wanted to show again what I'm capable of and that worked so well," said the 25-year-old.

For this he had specially changed his racing tactics.

“I was able to go to the race with a clearer head and I relied on my strengths.

After Tokyo, the world title is now a huge satisfaction. "

24 hours after his gold coup over the Olympic 1000 meter distance, Scheibner followed up halfway on Lake Bagsvärd.

Again he prevailed against the experienced Czech Martin Fuksa.

Third this time went to Moldovan Oleg Tarnowschi.

The day before, the Hungarian Balazs Adolf had won bronze.

Scheibner had already announced a "changing of the guard" before the season in which the Olympic and World Championships were held for the first time.

Although he stayed in Tokyo in sixth place ahead of Brendel, who only reached the B final, he first had to take part in the success of the German flagship paddler with three Olympic victories, ten World Cup and 13 European Championship titles - mostly in the canoe single over 1000 meters tie in.

Copenhagen was a beginning for Scheibner.

But Brendel still feels ready.

At the end of a long season, the eight-year-old from Potsdam started in Denmark only on the non-Olympic 5000-meter course.

The head national coach Arndt Hanisch was satisfied with the young guard after the rather poor performance in Tokyo: “We came here with - you could say - a young team.

The athletes that we are focusing on for the Olympic Games in Paris will have the opportunity to compete with the big players. "

On Sunday, Tobias Pascal Schultz from Essen and Martin Hiller from Potsdam won silver in a two-man kayak.

Over the 500 meter distance, which will be Olympic again in Paris in 2024, the duo only had to admit defeat to the Spaniards Marcus Walz / Rodrigo Germade.

Moritz Florstedt from Magdeburg took bronze in a single kayak over 500 meters behind Mikita Borykau from Belarus and the Portuguese Joao Ribeiro.

Paulina Paszek from Hanover paddled in seventh place in the same discipline.