The third open Hamburg Stand Up Paddling Championship was a complete success. The 3rd open Hamburg championship was opened by the stand up paddling athletes on Friday afternoon with the sprint discipline on a 500 metre course. Against a fantastic backdrop, last year's women's winner Paulina Herpel once again impressed with the fastest time. A perfect dress rehearsal for the World Championships in Denmark, which will take place afterwards. Victory in the men's event also went to a young talent: 17-year-old Kimo Kersting was the fastest on the course. The best Hamburg athlete in the sprint and thus the new Hamburg champion was Robert Glöckner.
After a short breather, the long distance race continued. The almost 40 starters had to complete 12 laps of the Binnenalster. Unchallenged, with a time of just under 50 minutes, Berlin's Martin Teichmann took victory on the almost 8 km long course. Dirk Herpel, who finished in fifth place, was the best runner from Hamburg and thus the new long distance champion. Just behind him was his daughter Paulina Herpel in sixth place, who won both the Hamburg championship and the open women's competition. Paulina: "I really wanted to beat my father, but that will come next year!" There is a good chance of a rematch. The very positive response from athletes, spectators and the organisers of the Alster Pleasure means that AHOI SUP HAMBURG: the Hamburg SUP Championship is entering its fourth round. The largest public festival on the Alster will therefore also be a highlight in the water sports programme in 2018.
Anyone who wants to can actively participate. There are plenty of training opportunities in Hamburg. With numerous SUP hire centres and schools, the Hanseatic city is one of the strongholds of this young sport in Germany. Ahoy SUP Hamburg, congratulations to the new Hamburg champions and everyone who took part. Here's to 2018! The Hamburg championship online: www.supcuphamburg.de
The results at a glance:
Hamburg Sprint Champion 1 Robert Glöckner 2 Sebastian Gräber 3 Dirk Herpel
Hamburg sprint champion 1 Paulina Herpel 2 Bettina Kohl 3 Frederike Rusch
Hamburg Long Distance Champion 1 Dirk Herpel 2 Sebastian Gräber 3 Robert Glöckner
Hamburg Long Distance Champion 1 Paulina Herpel 2 Bettina Kohl 3 Frederike Rusch
OVERALL Ranking MEN 1 Martin Teichmann 2 Kimo Kersting 3 Jan Diestel
OVERALL rating WOMEN 1 Paulina Herpel 2 Bettina Kohl 3 Anne de Bour
U18 classification OVERALL 1 Kimo Kersting 2 Jarno Soukup 3 Benni Kohl
Overall sprint results: Men: 1 Kimo Kersting 2 Martin Teichmann 3 Jan Diestel 4 Pascal Wengerter 5 Robert Glöckner 6 Jarno Soukup 7 Sebastian Gräber 8 Thomas Straubl 9 Stefan Strassburg 10 Dirk Herpel 11 Hauke Hartmann 12 Henning Rothfuss 13 Karsten Pötschk 14 Martin Oeser 14 Best Krass 15 Benni Kohl 15 Philipp Heindl 16 Uwe Schindwolf 16 Stefan Iburg 17 Rene RohmannLadies 1 Paulina Herpel 2 Bettina Kohl 3 Anne de Bour 4 Frederike Rusch
Overall result long distance women and men 1 Martin Teichmann 2 Jan Diestel 3 Kimo Kersting 4 Pascal Wengerter 5 Dirk Herpel 6 Paulina Herpel 7 Johannes Hahm 8 Stefan Strassburg 9 Sebastian Gräber 10 Robert Glöckner 11 Karsten Pötschk 12 Thomas Straubel 13 Stefan Iburg 14 Stefan Prause 15 Jarno Soukup 16 Benni Kohl 17 Bettina Kohl 18 Henning Rothfuss 19 Christian Toetzke 20 Hauke Hartmann 21 Best Krass 22 Steve Leichsenring 23 Werner Duden 24 Peter Redlinger 25 Thorsten Lange 26 Michael Rademacher 27 Peter Reimers 28 Uwe Schindwolf 29 Roland Scheel 30 Frederike Rusch 31 Anne de Bour 32 Tinne Titze 33 Rene Rohmann 34 Nicole Sondermann 35 Simon Stock 36 Ute van der Mijl 37 Christina Ho
