The 2021 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships in Solkan came to an end with women's and men's canoe semifinals and finals in both age groups. Czech Republic today claimed gold in both U23 events, while junior gold medals went to Slovakia and France.
It had been an intense four days of
racing on the Soča River in Slovenia. Venue bordering to Italy brought much
success to the Czech national team. They have dominated majority of the events
from day one on. The conclusion of the championships was not any different.
23-year-old Tereza Fišerova had a
championships to remember. On Saturday, she won the first Extreme Slalom
European Champion title in the U23 age group in history of the sport, she also
won a medal in U23 women's kayak final, and on Sunday she became the U23
European Champion in women's canoe. At the end Fišerova finished the race 2.78
seconds ahead of Bethan Forrow from Great Britain, while Monica Doria Vilarrubla
from Andora won bronze medal.
Fišerova, who participated at the
Tokyo Olympic Games and finished sixth there, was very happy with the outcome
in Slovenia. "It's amazing feeling. This race was so hard for me because I
did 12 runs, and today I am so tired, but I have gold medal in my C1 category.
I am very happy. The run was really good, I did everything I wanted, and this
is the most important thing. After the Olympic Games I had a seven days rest
with sore throat, and it was hard for me to start again."
The men's canoe U23 final ended with
a double Czech win. Vaclav Chaloupka was the one who reached the top podium
position, finishing the race 1.59 seconds ahead of his teammate Vojtech Heger.
Jules Bernardet from France was third.
Another athlete who amazed with her
performances was 16-year-old Zuzana Pankova from Slovakia. She was unbeatable
in both junior kayak and canoe finals and also won medal in extreme slalom. In
Sunday's canoe final she produced a superb run and her closest rival finished
more than four seconds behind. It was Italian Elena Micozzi who took the silver
medal, while Russian representative Marina Novysh won bronze medal.
In the last event of the
championships France celebrated two medals. Gold medal went to Mewen Debliquy
and bronze to Tanguy Adisson. Czech canoeist Adam Kral was between them to
claim the silver medal.
Next year the Junior and U23 Canoe
Slalom European Championships will be organised in Czech Republic, more
precisely in Česke Budejovice.
There is no rest for the organisers
in Solkan. On Tuesday, the 2021 ECA Junior and U23 Wildwater Canoeing European
Championships starts at the same venue.
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Promo video: https://youtu.be/m39JXLKj-_Q
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/CanoeEurope
Live results: https://siwidata.com/canoelive/#/live/eca/1853
PHOTOS SOLKAN (Photo: Nina Jelenc)
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