The day has come and the first canoe
sprint and paracanoe races were on the programme of the Munich 2022 European
Championships. Heats in eleven canoe sprint and two paracanoe events were held
on the opening day. Jack Eyers from Great Britain was athlete of the day -
producing the best time of Paracanoe European Championships in VL3 heats.
Heats in two paracanoe events were
held on the opening day of the Munich 2022 European Championships. Jack Eyers
from Great Britain was the winner of the men's VL3 200 metres event with the
best European time. The new mark is now 48.836.
"Good start to the event. Not so
good start to my race, just clipped the (starting) bucket on the way down, so a
few things to change there. Apart from that, I'm very happy with how it all
panned out after that. This year's been really exciting for me. Done some
really heavy training over the last winter season and last summer as well, so
it's nice to see it all coming together. That race execution is something I've
been really working on; I've always had the physical potential but it's hooking
it up on race day. Such a skill to have and it only comes with experience. This
is my fifth year in it now, so I'm getting that experience," said the new
fastest European man in VL3 200m event.
He is very excited to be a part of
the Munich 2022: "Massively exciting. I always thought Paralympics meant
parallel to the Olympics, and I have been proved otherwise. I would love to see
it more often, where they do run parallel to each other. Sometimes it can come
across as a little bit of a hierarchy, with something happening first before
the paras. This sport is coming along leaps and bounds, and the times that
we're creating is almost competitive to the Olympic team - if you put us in
different boats. And it needs just as much attention."
Ukraine's Vladislav Yepifanov was the
winner of the second VL3 200m heat, while in men's KL2 200 metres heats
Christian Volpi (ITA) and Mykola Syniuk from Ukraine won in their respective
groups.
The paracanoe competitions at the
Munich 2022 European Championships continue on Friday.
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