With a semi-final victory, former world champion Scheibner underlined his medal ambitions. The World Championship final in the Canadian canoe took place without the Berliner.
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Scheibner had narrowly lost the internal duel for a ticket to Paris against three-time Olympic champion Sebastian Brendel over the Olympic distance of 1000 meters. Now the Berliner wanted to compete on equal terms with the medal winners from Paris over the non-Olympic distance of 500 meters at the World Championships.
“I came here to have a good end to the season and a worthy opener for the next Olympic cycle,” said Scheibner, reacting disappointedly to the World Cup exit: “I’m having trouble finding words to describe how I feel right now.”
Following Brendel’s expected retirement, Scheibner is considered a great hope for the future of the Canadian canoe. In 2021, he won gold at both distances at the World Championships and took silver in the 500 meters at the home World Championships in Duisburg in 2023. In the preliminary round on Friday, he moved straight into the semifinals with second place behind the Czech Paris Olympic champion Martin Fuksa, which he won comfortably. The final took place without him.
The German Canoe Association (DKV) and its mini team have only achieved one podium finish at the World Championships so far, with bronze in the kayak two-man event by the Potsdam duo Felix Frank and Martin Hiller.
