Birkett poised for 10th title as 69th Dusi begins
Pietermaritzburg — The 69th edition of the iconic Dusi Canoe Marathon gets underway shortly after sunrise at Camps Drift in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday, taking the canoeists 120km over three days to Blue Lagoon in Durban, and offering Andy Birkett the opportunity to become only the second paddler in the race’s history to record 10 victories.
With the 2020 edition of the event being staged as a K2 championship race, Birkett has teamed up with Khumbulani Nzimande and they will start as hot favourites for the title, which will be a maiden win in the country’s most famous canoeing race for Nzimande, should they reach the finish line in Durban on Saturday afternoon first.
While the prospect of reaching double figures in the wins statistics does not faze the record-shy Birkett at all, the partnership with youngster Nzimande has served to rekindle the passion for the Dusi in Pietermaritzburg-raised Birkett, who now lives in East London.
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