The 2024
ECA Canoe Sprint, Paracanoe and SUP European Championships in Szeged, Hungary,
kicked off with SUP part of the European Championships. Competitors fought for the
places in final of Technical race and sprint.
The
opening day of the 2024 ECA Canoe Sprint, Paracanoe and SUP European
Championships, which takes place in Hungarian Szeged, was dedicated to stand up
paddlers. In the morning part of the programme they fought for the A final in
technical race, where there was a place for just eight best paddlers from
semifinal in men's and eight competitors in women's event. First, they competed
in heats, then in quarterfinal and at the end in the semifinal.
In men's
event Spanish competitor Manuel Hoyuela (5:05.271) took the win in the first
semifinal, and Christian Andersen (5:07.490) from Denmark was the fastest in
second semifinal. In men's A final we will see representatives of Spain,
Greece, Germany, Slovakia, Denmark, Bulgaria and Hungary.
The
fastest semifinalist of women's technical race was Kyriaki Logotheti from
Greece, who completed the course in 5:46.659. She was the fastest in the first
semifinal group where athletes from Hungary, Italy and Spain also managed to
qualify to the A final. Natalia Novitskaia (Individual Neutral Athlete)
produced the best time in the second semifinal group (5:55.528). From this
group also representatives of Germany, Italy and Poland advanced to the final
A.
In the
afternoon part of the first competition day, SUP competitors fought for the
places in A final of the sprint event. Many athletes, who already advanced to
the final A in technical race, repeated their success also in sprint. Greek
athlete Kyriaki Logotheti and Natalia Novitskaia were the fastest in their
respective semifinal groups. In women's sprint final we will also see
competitors from Italy, Hungary, Germany, Czechia, Poland and individual
neutral athletes.
Bulgarian
representative Andrii Kraitor and Lithuanian Vadim Korobov, both excellent
canoe sprint paddlers, were the fastest in their semifinal groups of the men's
sprint event. They will fight for the medals in the A final and will have tough
competition in Spanish, Danish, Greek and Italian athletes as well as in
individual neutral athlete.
On
Thursday, men’s K4 500 metres heats will open the canoe sprint part of the
European Championships, followed by 1000, 200 and 500 metres heats. The first
paracanoeing events are also scheduled for Thursday, as well as SUP long
distance races.
The A
finals of the 2024 ECA Canoe Sprint, Paracanoe and SUP European Championships
on Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be streamed online exclusively at
Eurovision Sport platform www.eurovisionsport.com, while the Wednesday’s and
Thursday’s programme and non-televised events will be live on
www.youtube.com/CanoeEurope. The following TV stations will broadcast the
Championships between Friday and Sunday: MTVA Hungary, Ceska TV Czechia, JOJ
Sport Slovakia, RTP Portugal, RTVE Spain, RAI Sport Italy, RTV Slovenia.
OFFICIAL
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START
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PROGRAMME:
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