By: Hermann Husslein - After defending my Vice Asian Champion title from last year and placing 4th in the first ICF World Ranking Race in the 2012 season I got the last spot for the Asian countries to go to the Olympic Games 2012 in London (GBR). It will be the first time in Asian Canoe history that three Asian Kayakers will go to the Games – China, Japan and Thailand.

For me a dream I was always living for becomes reality and I will participate next year at the worlds biggest sport event of the world. After all the setbacks – injuries – it is a compensation for the personal suffering over the last few years. On this way I wanna say thank you to all my supporters, friends and family who kept me alive to achieve this goal. Till now I am still speechless and do not know what to say being everywhere in the media – television, newspapers, online. For Thailand it is an historical moment that a kayaker is going to the Games and till know I am also the first Thai guy who is qualified for London 2012.

Now it is time for a short holiday with some friends in the North of Thailand – out of media and all that stuff.