A very long and demanding competition day for everyone involved (the races started at 8:15 AM and concluded at 8:30 PM) brought the first medallists of the 2021 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships. Representatives of France, Czech Republic and Slovakia were among the most successful ones.
The first medals were awarded to the best in men's U23 canoe event in Solkan,
where the main favourites handled the pressure and produced good runs. French
canoeists Jules Bernardet, Alexis Bobon and Yohann Senechault won gold medal in
a very tight race, only 0.38 seconds ahead of second positioned team of Czech
Republic with Vaclav Chaloupka, Vojtech Heger and Matyaš Lhota. Bronze medal
was won by German team.
France also celebrated gold medal in men's junior C1 event with Tanguy Adisson,
Mewen Debliquy and Quentin Mailllefer. They were a little over half a second
faster than Czech canoeists, while Italy won bronze medal.
Marseillaise played also in honour of winners of the men's K1 U23 event. It was
Malo Quemeneur, Anatole Delassus and Simon Hene who won European Champion title
ahead of Italian and Spanish kayakers.
Women's kayak events, both in U23 and junior categories, ended with Slovak win.
Michaela Hassova, Sona Stanovska and Kristina Durecova were unbeatable in U23
age group ahead of Great Britain and Germany, while Zuzana Pankova, Ivana
Chlebova and Amy Ryan took gold in junior event ahead of representatives of
France and Slovenia.
Like in women's kayak, the one country dominated women's C1 event. Czech
national anthem played in honour of Martina and Gabriela Satkova and Tereza
Fišerova in women's C1 U23 event, and Tereza Kneblova, Klara Kneblova and Lucie
Doležalova won European Champion title in junior category. Spain and Poland
were second and third respectively in U23 event, while Russia and Germany
reached podium positions in junior women's C1 team event.
Young Russian kayakers Egor Smirnov, Ivan Kozlov and Konstantin Kazakov were
the best in men's junior K1 team event. The team of Great Britain won silver
medal and Slovakia was third.
Before the team events took place competitiors fought for the spots in men's
and women's canoe semifinals. Angele Hug (FRA) set the fastest time of the day
in women's U23 C1 event, Jules Bernardet (FRA) was the best in men's C1 U23
event, Mewen Debliquy (FRA) in men's junior C1 event and Tereza Kneblova in
women's C1 junior event.
In the last part of the competition day we followed extreme slalom time trials,
where Martin Rudorfer from the Czech Republic (MCLlX jun), his compatriots
Tereza Kneblova (WCSLX jun) and Tereza Fišerova (WCSLX U23) and French
kayaker Anatole Delassus (MCSLX U23) produced the fastest times of the day.
On Saturday ,the championships continues with semifinal and final in men's and
women's kayak events, as well as the main part of the extreme slalom
competition.
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Promo video: https://youtu.be/m39JXLKj-_Q
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/CanoeEurope
Live results: https://siwidata.com/canoelive/#/live/eca/1853
Photo Nina Jelenc
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