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17 Jul 2019, 19:13 GMT+10
Durban - A strong team of eight paddlers have been selected to represent Team SA announced for 2019 African Games
To be eligible for selection for Team South Africa to the Tokyo Games the paddlers involved will need to secure a specific result at the World Championships, and then win respective events outright at the African Championships a week later to secure their qualification.
For the women's 500m K1 and men's 1000m K1, the threshold result is a 4th in the World Championship B final - effectively in the top 13 in the world while for the men's and women's 200m K1 races the minimum result required is a third place in the B final.
For the 1000m K2 races the crews will need to make the A final or win the B final, as well as beating another continent to secure their qualification for Tokyo, while the K4 crews have to beat another continent in Szeged to secure qualification.
"The criteria set by SASCOC are open and perfectly fair," said Canoeing South Africa president Kim Pople. "The athletes now know clearly what is expected of them, and they can now focus on delivering the results they need.
"The door for Olympic qualification through continental qualification is ajar for them."
The charge will be led by sprint queen and 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Bridgitte Hartley, who will team up with Donna Hutton in their K2 for the event where they will take part in the K2 200m and K2 500m events.
Esti van Tonder will take part in the K1 200m and the K1 500m races at the African Games and will take a lot of international experience with her into the continental competition.
Hartley, Hutton, Van Tonder and Nosipho Mthembu will then team up for the K4 500m race which will only be a once-off final and not include qualifying races.
Ace 200m sprinter Crisjan Coetzee has had his sights set on the vital 2019 qualification season for some time, and after tasting success on the World Cup circuit earlier in the year, he has arranged training camps in Europe with some of the top 200m sprinters to sharpen up his chances.
He will be representing South Africa in the K1 200m at the African Championships and will go in with some solid early season form under his belt.
Louis Hattingh will be taking part in the longer events, competing in the K1 1000m as well as joining forces with Jarryd Gibson for the K2 1000m.
There will also be a men's K4 in action at the Games with Coetzee, Hattingh, Gibson and Alex Masina representing South Africa over the 500m shoot-out.
South African Canoeing Team for 2019 Africa Games - Rabat, Morocco
Esti van Tonder (K1 500m K1 200m K4 500m), Bridgitte Hartley (K2 500m K2 200m K4 500m), Donna Hutton (K2 500m K2 200m K4 500m), Nosipho Mthembu (K4 500m), Chrisjan Coetzee (K1 200m K4 500m), Louis Hattingh (K1 1000m K2 1000m K4 500m), Jarryd Gibson (K2 1000m K4 500m), Alex Masina (K4 500m)
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