The 1992 Canoe Slalom Olympic course
in La Seu d’Urgell hosted strong international canoe slalom race Pyrenees Cup
which also counted for the 2022 ECA European Open Canoe Slalom Cup series.
Monica Doria Vilarrubla took the win in women’s canoe and kayak event, Manuel
Ochoa was the best in men’s K1 and Liam Jegou in men’s C1 final. Laura Pellicer
Chica and Leo Vuitton were the winners of extreme slalom final.
The first race of the traditional
Pyrenees Cup races was held this Saturday and Sunday in La Seu d’Urgell and the
second will follow next weekend in Pau. Both races are also part of the 2022
ECA European Open Canoe Slalom Cup race series.
Paddlers from eleven countries
(Spain, Andorra, France, Ireland, Great Britain, Netherlands, Australia,
Belgium, Croatia, Iran and Venezuela) took on the challenge of the River Segre
rapids. Monica Doria Vilarrubla from Andorra took advantage of home course and
won in both women’s finals. She produced a penalty free run in kayak and won
with a 1.61 seconds advantage over Laia Sorribes from Spain, who had a touch
which cost her win. Last year’s C1 European Champion Miren Lazkano was third in
kayak.
Monica Doria Vilarrubla was
unbeatable in canoe final. She had six penalty seconds yet she still won
securely, 2.64 seconds ahead of Ainhoa Lameiro and Miren Lazkano (both Spain)
was third.
The winner of men’s kayak final was
Manuel Ochoa from Spain, who beat young French kayaker Leo Vuitton. Miquel
Trave finished the final in third position, after picking up two penalty
seconds and producing 4.31 seconds slower time than his teammate Ochoa.
Trave reached podium also in canoe,
like in kayak, he was third in this event too. It was Liam Jegou from Ireland
who navigated through the gates the fastest and celebrated the win ahead of Ander
Elosegi from Spain.
In extreme slalom Laura Pellicer
Chica from Andorra won ahead of Marta Barba (ESP) and Monica Doria Vilarrubla
(AND) in women’s event, and Leo Vuitton (FRA) beat Alex Segura and Markel Imaz
(both ESP) for the win men’s extreme slalom.
The next two races in the 2022 ECA
European Open Canoe Slalom Cup series will be held next weekend in Pau and
Liptovsky Mikulaš.
Photo: Facebook page – Canoe Slalom
La Seu
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