Eva Terčelj, Benjamin Savšek, Klaudia
Zwolinska and Giovanni De Gennaro are the winners of the 74th Tatra Slalom
which is a part of the 2022 ECA European Open Canoe Slalom Cup race series. The
race is Liptovsky Mikulaš was a final test before this venue hosts the ECA
Canoe Slalom European Championships between 26th and 29th May 2022.
Slovenian paddlers were in good form
in the finals of the international race in Liptovsky Mikulaš. The 2019 World
Champion Eva Terčelj was unbeatable in women’s kayak final. 30-year-old paddler
from Ljubljana was the fastest already in the semifinal and in the final she
even produced two seconds faster time despite the two penalty seconds she
picked up on her way. Klaudia Zwolinska from Poland also had a touch and won
silver medal. She was 1.78 seconds behind Terčelj. Austrian Viktoria Wolffhardt
finished the final in third position.
Tokyo Olympic Champion Benjamin
Savšek was the fastest already in Saturday’s heats and he remained in the top
position on Sunday too. He was seventh in the semifinal, but in the decisive
run of the day he again showed his mastery. Olympic, World and multiple
European Champion won the race on the Vah River with almost three seconds
advantage over his closest rival Matija Marinić. Croatian was the winner of the
ECA Cup in Ljubljana two weeks ago. Bronze medal was won by Slovak
representative Matej Benuš.
Klaudia Zwolinska had a successful
day in Slovakia. Following her second place in kayak she found strength to win
in women’s canoe final. With two penalty seconds she still produced two seconds
faster time than her closest opponent Elena Borghi from Italy who was second.
Emanuela Luknarova from Slovakia was third.
In the last final of the day – men’s
kayak final – it was Giovanni De Gennaro who celebrated the win. Italian
kayaker, who also won at the ECA European Cup in Tacen in April, was 1.68
seconds faster than Swiss kayaker Martin Dougoud, while Italian Marcello Beda
won third place.
In the end of May Liptovsky Mikulaš
will host senior Canoe Slalom European Championships, while the next ECA
European Open Canoe Slalom Cup will take place in Merano on the same weekend.
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Photo: Canoe Liptov – Tomaš Kučera
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