Gary Kingham competes at the World Championship

On Sept. 24, athletes from around the world met at the Olympic Training Center and Race Course for the 2014 Kayak World Championship. The event took place at the ultra modern world class U.S. Kayak & Canoe Olympic training site on the Oklahoma River at Oklahoma City.

Men and women athletes from across the U.S. train  and even live there year round perfecting their sport in kayaks, racing canoes and rowing shells.

“It’s all quite a spectacle to behold,” says kayak competitor Gary Kingham of Ogden. 

Kingham was offered the opportunity to compete for the U.S. in August after a successful season of four out of five victories, including setting the course record in a tandem kayak at the 72 mile South Dakota Kayak Challenge and once again a gold medal at the Iowa Games.

For the complete story, see this week's issue of The Ogden Reporter.