After four days of exciting racing at
the 2022 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Belgrade the
competition has concluded with A and B finals in 500 and 200 metres distances.
Altogether 28 sets of medals were awarded on Sunday in Serbian capital city.
The most successful nation on day 4
of this year’s edition of junior and U23 European Championships was Poland who
picked up nine gold medals. First they won in the women’s K1 U23 500 final
ahead of Hungarian and Italian crews. Katarzyna Szperkiewicz was the best in
women’s C1 U23 500m final, in WC1 U23 200m final as well as in WC2 U23 500m
event together with Aleksandra Jacewicz. 23-year-old Wisniewska, who was a
member of the Tokyo bronze medal K4 crew won in women’s U23 500 metres race.
Jakub Stepun won two gold medals on Sunday, first with Bartosz Grabowski in MK2
U23 500m final, and later in MK1 U23 200m final. Polish anthem also played in
honour of men’s U23 K4 500m crew and Martyna Klatt – SandraOstrowska in WK2 U23
500m event.
Hungary celebrated gold medals thanks
to Reka Kisko in WK1 junior 500m event, Balint Kollek in men’s junior K1 500m
final, Panna Gyore (WC1 Junior 500m), WK4 junior 500m crew, Agnes Kiss in WC1
junior 200m final and WC2 junior 500m final where she partnered together with
Csepke Molnar. Gergely Lugosi and David Uhrin were the best in MC2 junior 500m
event.
Spain picked up three gold medals on
the last day of competition. They were celebrating a win in MK4 Junior 500m
final, in MC1 U23 200m final thanks to Pablo Grana, and in women’s C2 junior
200 final where Elena Millan and Alba Rodrigues produced the best run of the
day.
The host nation won two gold medals
on Sunday, with Dina Bacelj and Dunja Stanojev beating everyone in theWK2
junior 500m final. Strahinja Dragosavljević was the fastest in MK1 junior 200m
final.
Two
Sunday’s gold medals went to Germany. Chelsea Roussiekan was the best in
women’s junior K1 200m final, while Tillmann Sommer and Jonas Borkowski
dominated the men’s junior K2 500m event.
The remaining five gold medals in
five events went to five different countries. Austrian Timon Maurer was the
fastest in men’s K1 U23 500m final, Italians Gabriele Casadei and Dawid Szela
in MC2 U23 500m final, Bulgarian Yoana Georgieva in WK1 U23 200m final, and
Georgian canoeist AleksandreTsivtsivadze in men’s junior 200m final. The last
final A of the championships was women’s C2 U23 200m event, where Daniela Cociu
and Maria Olarasu from Moldova crossed the finish line in first position.
Next year’s edition of the Junior and
U23 Canoe Sprint European Championships will be held in Portugal, more precisely in
Montemor-o-Velho.
RESULTS: https://timetable.europecanoeevents.com/index.php?gmt=2&gmt2=-120
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PHOTOS are available here (PHOTO:
Igor Vujanović/Canoe Federation of Serbia)
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