Archive for the ‘Denis Gargaud’ Category

It’s  third time lucky for Denis in the U23 European championships. Having finished 6th in 2008 and 5th last year, he wins the 2010 C1 title in Leipzig, Germany, in his final year in the category. Now he’s looking ahead to the rescheduled European senior competition in Bratislava from August 13-15

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In the run-up to the French national championships at Bourg Saint-Maurice in the mountains of Savoie, everyone, it seems, is ill. Denis and Fabien both have sore throats and blocked noses. Fortunately for Denis, he never tires of sailing at Bourg, which reacts very differently to the man-made pools he and Fabien usually sail on.

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The 2010 European championships, cut short in June by flooding on the Danube and initially cancelled, have been rescheduled. They will now take place in Bratislava, Slovakia, from August 13-15. In the meantime, Denis is hoping to win the French national C1 title in Bourg Saint-Maurice.

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All three boats are through to the semi-finals of the Seu d’Urgell World Cup. Denis is quietly confident despite spending longer on the water than he’d originally planned in order to improve on his performance in the first qualifying run.

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Cancellation of the final stages of the Bratislava Europeans, the upcoming World Cup competitions with World Championship selection at stake and Fabien’s birthday (today!) have set Denis thinking… Here’s an update, with his thoughts on what lies ahead.

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