Dusi Marathon day 2 underway
Paddlers will race between the Dusi Bridge and Inanda Dam.
The men's race leader Andy Birkett smashed the previous first stage record by about seven minutes.
The top four men all came in faster than the previous stage record.
Birkett says he had not expected to win yesterday.
''I'm actually shocked that I pulled off this stage with not the perfect build up with my running training, but maybe under training is better than over training sometimes,'' he said.
Birkett edged away from Lance Kime, Sbonelo Khwela and Thulani Mbanjwa, all of whom finished inside the old record.
In the women's race Laura O'Donoghue secured a massive lead of over 16 minutes in the event.
Lance Kime paddling on pic.twitter.com/kzlyZArhUV
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Khwela can see Kime in the distance as they make their way across the dam pic.twitter.com/Lq0cjxqpUs
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(Photo: Gameplan Media)