The temperature in Poznan is rising as the 2021 ECA Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe European Championships kicks off this Thursday. More than 600 athletes from 35 European countries are ready to face the challenge of the last major international canoe sprint and paracanoe competition prior to the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The first races of the 2021 ECA Canoe
Sprint and Paracanoe European Championships in Poznan will start on Thursday
morning and exciting racing will continue until Sunday afternoon when the last
races - the 5000 metres events - are scheduled to take place on the Malta Lake.
The paracanoe athletes will contest
the 200 metres distance, while canoe sprint part of the championships will
feature the usual 200, 500, 1000 and 5000 metres events.
In the paracanoe part of the
Championships participants from 13 European countries will fight for the
medals, with majority of the Europe's best on the start line present. However,
the first favourites - British Paracanoe team - will be missing at this
continental championships. Medallists of the past championships, such as Serhii
Yemelianov, Markus Swoboda, Nelia Barbosa, Federico Mancarella, Mykola Syniuk,
Katarzyna Kozikowska are all on the startlist and ready to expand their medals
collection.
In the Canoe Sprint European
Championships, the first one after the 2018 Belgrade Europeans (in 2019
European Games were held and in 2020 the championships was cancelled), athletes
from 35 countries will compete. Majority of the teams came to Poland with their
strongest weapons. The locals will compete at their home course with their
A-team, the same as France, Germany, Belarus, Russia, Hungary, Ukraine ...
Spain left their Olympians at home, but their squad still includes names that
are medal contenders.
Fernando Pimenta, Marta
Walczykiewicz, Liam Heath, Maxime Beaumont, Danuta Kozak, Martin Fuksa,
Sebastian Brendel, Volha Khudzenka, Maryna Litvinchuk, Tina Dietze and Sabrina
Pradler, Emma Jorgensen ... are just a few of the star names featured on the
entry list.
Poznan took over the organisation of
this year's ECA Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe European Championships in the last
minute, after Duisburg had to cancel the organisation due to Covid-19
restrictions and disapproval of the city that did not give a green light for
the organisation of such a big event in current health situation.
TIMETABLE and RESULTS: https://timetable.europecanoeevents.com/index.php?gmt=2&gmt2=-120
LIVESTREAM: When available all the
links will be published on www.canoe-europe.org and Canoe Europe Facebook page.
*Livestreaming will be geoblocked due
to the TV rights restrictions.
Official Championships website: https://ecacsp.wzkaj.poznan.pl/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wzkaj/
PHOTOS are available here (Photo:
Nina Jelenc)
Michael Phelps Teaches Swimming
Most of us can swim, but there’s a
difference between dog paddling on vacation and swimming for fitness. If you’re
looking to unlock the low-impact, calorie-burning benefits of swimming, check
out this course from Michael Phelps on This Skills. The 26-time Olympic gold
medalist will cover everything you need to feel confidant and comfortable
swimming laps. You’ll learn all the basic strokes, plus wall kicking, diving
and other techniques, but you’ll also get a glimpse into the mindset of the
most decorated Olympian of all time.
No comments:
Post a Comment