Uproar after ‘Nazi anthem’ played at canoe championship

Tuesday, 23 August 2011 15:54

Written by Editor

The German canoeing team were left 'appalled' after organisers at the Canoe Sprint World Championships in Hungary played the banned 'Nazi anthem' at a medal ceremony.

Anne Knorr and Debora Nich won gold for Germany in the 1000 meters K2 women's final race but after receiving their medals they were shocked to hear the Germany anthem played with the verse "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles / Über alles in der Welt," ("Germany, Germany above all / Above everything in the world,")

"I ??am appalled. We cannot accept it," German national coach Rainer Kiessler said in a television interview. Kiessler added that Hungarian organisers had refused to let him verify the anthem before playing it due to a "technical problem."