After the break for the Olympic Games and Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom competitions, the Canoe Slalom World Cup series continues this weekend in La Seu d'Urgell with athletes from more than 30 countries competing on the Segre River. Jessica Fox, David Llorente and Denis Gargaud Chanut set the fastest times in the heats.
The third World Cup race of the
season takes place on the 1992 Olympic Course in La Seu d'Urgell and Spanish
paddlers took advantage of their home venue already on the opening day of the
competition.
In men's kayak heats the 2019 World
Championships silver and bronze medallists from this course David Llorente and
Joan Crespo again showed their power. In absence of reigning World and Olympic
champion Jiri Prskavec, Llorente set the fastest time of the day and finished
the course 1.64 seconds ahead of his teammate Joan Crespo. This year's European
Champion Vit Prindiš from Czech Republic finished third in the heats.
In both women's events - kayak and
canoe, Australian Jessica Fox set the best times in the first run to safely
qualify to the semifinals on Saturday and Sunday. In kayak, Brazilian Ana
Satila and Kimberley Woods from Great Britain were second and third, while in
canoe heats Mallory Franklin (GBR) and Klara Olazabal (ESP) produced the second
and third time of the day.
Three times Olympic medallist and
Spain's canoe slalom legend Maialen Chourraut failed to qualify to the
semifinal after the first run, after she picked up 50 penalty seconds in the
first part of the course, but in the second run she produced the fastest run of
the day in women's kayak (she was faster than Fox in the first run) and also
advanced to the next stage of the competition.
"In the first run I paddled
quite well, but I entered the upstream gate too tight, which brought me the 50
seconds penalty. In the second run, I decided to keep the way of paddling, go
easy, through the middle of the gates and just do my run. I am in the
semifinal, which is the important thing. Tomorrow is the new day, now I need to
analyse the semifinal course and get ready," said Chourraut.
In the last event of the day, men's
canoe heats, reigning European Champion Denis Gargaud Chanut from France
navigated through the gates of the course the smoothest. He was half a second
faster than Lennard Tuscherer from Germany in second place, while local
favourite Miquel Trave finished the first heats run in third place.
On Saturday, the 2021 ICF Canoe
Slalom World Cup race in La Seu d'Urgell continues with semifinals and finals
in women's and men's kayak, and extreme slalom time trials.
WEBSITE https://www.canoeicf.com/canoe-slalom-world-cup/la-seu-2021
PHOTOS (Photo: Nina Jelenc)
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