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\u201cIt was a magic day,\u201d McGregor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“There was quite a strong headwind in the last five kilometres and the incoming tide didn\u2019t help, but we had a great day. It was great paddling with my teammate Siseko,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was McGregor\u2019s 14th win in 17 starts \u2013 he first win coming 25 years ago in 2000 \u2013 but he said afterwards he would still have a think about returning: \u201cI say that every year though \u2026 anyway, now is the time for some good red wine\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Veteran Herreveld said: \u201cI got worked over today. They dropped me on the portage \u2013 old men can\u2019t run \u2013 and I tried to catch them all the way, but couldn\u2019t quite get there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ntondini said he was very grateful to McGregor for \u201clooking after me\u201d and paid tribute to Herreveld\u2019s toughness, the press release stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nisbett said she was \u201cabsolutely exhausted\u201d and the event \u2013 often in bitter cold driving rain \u2013 had been particularly tough this year. She also said the wind on the final stage had been trying, \u201cbut what would the Berg be without the wind\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m really happy to win, but to me every finisher of this race is a winner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Birkett had pulled ahead about 35km into the stage after some \u201cargy bargy\u201d with a group of men paddlers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI hung on but Jenna fell off the group. I\u2019m so stoked with second.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was Nisbett\u2019s third win in the prestigious event, which she described as \u201cincredibly well-organised \u2026 congratulations to the orgsanisers and the sponsors\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Behind the elite racers there were a number of remarkable achievements, none more impressive that Oom Jannie Malherbe finishing his 52 Berg River Canoe Marathon, according to the press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three-time race winner in 1963, 1964 and 1965 now holds the remarkable record of finishing 52 out of 63 races that have taken place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two other notable finishers were Lisa Scott, who completed her 15th marathon and tops the list of women\u2019s finishers, and Carel Botha who completed a remarkable month of endurance sporting activity by finishing the Comrades Marathon, Freedom Challenge (non-stop mountain bike race from Pietermaritzburg to Paarl) and Berg River Canoe Marathon within a month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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