With the participation of 14 international teams including teams from New Zealand, both Australian Federations and the participation of 17 teams from the DLRG the 18th German Cup in Warendorf was again a great success for the German Lifesaving Society (Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft; DLRG).
Nearly 300 competitors started at both competition days in the sport school of the German Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) in Warendorf and showed perfect performance.
Two World Records ” 4 x 50 m obstacle swim by the men’s team from New Zealand and Line throw from the team from The Netherlands ” were the highlights of the first day, which was also marked by two gold medals for Federico Pinotti from Italy and five Gold medals for the team from New Zealand.
Germany had to be lucky with only one gold medal, but impressed with the overall team performance. Early in the morning of the second day. DLRG’s women won the Gold and Silver medal for 100 m Manikin Carry with Fins.
The mood even got better when Armand Marais from South Africa passed the same distance as first lifesaver in less 50 seconds and set a new world record with 0:49.49. Congratulations!
The afternoon was also extremely “hot during the finals of the 4 x 50m Medley Relay: DLRG’s women team saved the first place on the last meters and arrived 0.23 seconds before the competitors from New Zealand.
Men’s final was dominated by the team from New Zealand, rank 2 to 4 were managed in a triathlon between the team of Germany and the two Australian teams.
The final of 200 m Super Lifesaver was won again by Elena Prelle from Italy ” thus being the sixth Gold medal for the Italian Team. By comparing the nations, the constant point collecting Germans from DLRG reached 35435.2 points before SLSA Australia with 35023.1 and RSLA Australia with 35005.2 points.
The German Cup was the first big international test for the new ILS Rulebook, which will be used also for Rescue 2008.
For all results please visit http://www.dlrg.de/Deutschlandpokal.2537.0.html News article provided by DLRG.