Skopje, North Macedonia, hosted the
first ECA Wildwater Sprint Canoeing European Cup race of the season 2023. Wins
in the five final events went to five different countries.
The venue which will host the 2023
ECA Wildwater Canoeing European Championships this May had a good test before
the upcoming European Championships. Athletes from six European countries took
part in the first ECA Wildwater Sprint Canoeing European Cup race of the year
and tested the Treska River.
Irish kayaker Odhran McNally took the
win in men’s kayak sprint final after stopping the clock at 43.09. McNally
produced a 0.03 seconds slower time than Dušan Mačkić in the heats where he was
the fastest. In the heats McNally finished second, but managed to beat the
winner of the heats Mačkić from Bosnia and Herzegovina for 0.12 seconds in the
decisive run. Serbian kayaker Marko Marjanović was third both in the heats as
well as in the final.
Serbia took the win in men’s canoe
final thanks to Pavle Zdravković, who improved his heats run by 0.05 seconds in
the final for a confident win ahead of Croatian canoeist Tomislav Hohnjec, who
was 2.19 seconds behind. Bronze medal also went to Croatia, as Janko Presečki
produced the third fastest time of men’s canoe final.
Ivana Valentić from Bosnia and
Herzegovina won in women’s kayak final.She was 5.28 seconds faster than Greek
paddler Ariadne-Aphrodite Kollia in second place, while third place also went
to Greece thanks to Georgia Mourou, who was 7.22 seconds behind Valentić.
Georgia Morou was the winner of women’s canoe final, where her colleague from
Greek team Paraskevi Tzini took the second place.
In men’s C2 final Croatian duo
Tomislav Hohnjec – Janko Presečki won ahead of Serbian crew Pavle Zdravković –
Zoran Krumov (+5.41). Ioannis Zachos and Kiriakos Dermatis from Greece were
third (+8.16).
The next race in the 2023 ECA
Wildwater Sprint Canoeing European Cup series will be organised next Friday on
the Kolpa River, on the border between Slovenia and Croatia.
RESULTS: https://siwidata.com/canoe123/live?SessionKey=kosta.2023040800
Season 2023 brings exciting European
Championships
We are getting closer to the first
canoeing European Championships of the season 2023 – the 2023 ECA Wildwater
Canoeing European Championships in Skopje, which is scheduled for May. Then we
will enjoy the European Games with Canoe Sprint and Canoe Slalom, Canoe Marathon,
Canoe Polo, Paracanoeing as well as Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint and Canoe
Slalom European Championships. Which competition are you most looking forward
to?
Save the dates:
16 – 20 May | 2023 ECA Wildwater
Canoeing European Championships | Skopje, MKD
21 – 24 June | European Games – Canoe
Sprint | Krakow, POL
29 June – 2 July | European Games –
Canoe Slalom | Krakow, POL
13 – 16 July | 2023 ECA Canoe
Marathon European Championships | Slavonski Brod, CRO
20 – 23 July | 2023 ECA Junior and
U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships | Bratislava, SVK
27 – 30 July | 2023 ECA Paracanoeing
European Championships | Montemor-o-Velho, POR
27 – 30 July | 2023 ECA Junior and
U23 Canoe Sprint European Championships | Montemor-o-Velho, POR
5 – 10 September | 2023 ECA Canoe
Polo European Championships | Brandenburg, GER
7 – 8 October | 2023 ECA Canoe Polo
Clubs European Championships | Arcos de la Frontera, ESP
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