The portages offered plenty of excitement as canoeists and kayakers battled for positions ©Bjarne Damgaard Petersen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark

Picture Gallery

A competitor is forced to empty water from his kayak ©Bjarne Damgaard Petersen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark
A competitor is forced to empty water from his kayak ©Bjarne Damgaard Petersen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark


Lake Jels saw many thrilling races on the first day of senior competition ©Bjarne Damgaard Petersen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark
Lake Jels saw many thrilling races on the first day of senior competition ©Bjarne Damgaard Petersen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark


Denmark's Mads Pedersen powers to the front in the second portage in the men’s K1 short race ©Bjarne Damgaard Petersen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark
Denmark's Mads Pedersen powers to the front in the second portage in the men’s K1 short race ©Bjarne Damgaard Petersen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark


Filip Jahoda of Czech Republic arrives back to the water after tackling the portage ©Bjarne Damgaard Petersen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark
Filip Jahoda of Czech Republic arrives back to the water after tackling the portage ©Bjarne Damgaard Petersen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark


Portugal’s Fernando Pimenta gets the better of Denmark's Mads Pedersen ©Søren Wilhelmsen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark
Portugal’s Fernando Pimenta gets the better of Denmark's Mads Pedersen ©Søren Wilhelmsen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark


Men's K1 short race medallists put rivalries aside to share a selfie ©Bjørn Thomsen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark
Men's K1 short race medallists put rivalries aside to share a selfie ©Bjørn Thomsen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark


There was no shortage in excitement during the women's K1 short races ©Bjarne Damgaard Petersen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark
There was no shortage in excitement during the women's K1 short races ©Bjarne Damgaard Petersen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark


Sweden's Melina Andersson leads the pack in the women’s K1 ©Bjarne Damgaard Petersen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark
Sweden's Melina Andersson leads the pack in the women’s K1 ©Bjarne Damgaard Petersen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark


Hungary's Zsófia Kisbán, centre, prepares to receive her women's C1 short race gold medal ©Bjarne Damgaard Petersen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark
Hungary's Zsófia Kisbán, centre, prepares to receive her women's C1 short race gold medal ©Bjarne Damgaard Petersen/2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Denmark