Everything is ready for the start of
the first ECA European Championships in the season 2022. Liptovsky Mikulaš,
Slovakia, will host the 2022 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships between
Thursday and Sunday. A little less than 200 athletes from 27 European countries
will fight for European Champion titles.
The 2022 ECA Canoe Slalom European
Championships was officially opened on Tuesday evening in the city centre of
Liptovsky Mikulaš, when the defending champions from last year's championships
Corinna Kuhnle, Miren Lazkano, Vit Prindiš and Denis Gargaud Chanut received
special starting bibs, which will put them into the spotlight in the following
days.
The task of defending the title will
be demanding as the best European paddlers came to Slovakia in search of great
success. Representatives of Slovakia, Germany, France, Italy, Czech Republic,
Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Great Britain, Austria, Andorra, Belgium, Croatia,
Ukraine, Switzerland, Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, North Macedonia,
Serbia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Turkey and for the first time
Kosovo will be on the start line.
In men's kayak Peter Kauzer of
Slovenia will fight for this third European Champion title. 38-year-old paddler
will be the only athlete on the Vah River who had an individual medal in 2007,
when European Championships was first held in Liptovsky Mikulaš. He also
competed in 2016 edition on this course and was just outside the podium on
fourth place.
The competition will be fierce.
Olympic Champion Jiri Prskavec celebrated European Champion title in Liptovsky
Mikulaš in 2016, his teammate Vit Prindiš is the defending champion, local star
Jakub Grigar will do everything in his power to keep the title at home. We must
not forget Briton Joseph Clarke, German Hannes Aigner, Italian Giovanni De
Gennaro, Austrian Felix Oschmautz, Spanish kayakers Llorente and Crespo and
many others.
In women's kayak, eyes will be on the
reigning Olympic and World Champion Ricarda Funk, defending champion Corinna
Kuhnle, Eva Terčelj, last year's ECH silver medallist, Elena Lilik, Mallory
Franklin and Kimberley Woods, Camille Prigent, local hopeful Eliška Mintalova
...
The start line in men's canoe is
equally impressive. Benjamin Savšek, Alexander Slafkovsky, Matej Benuš, Marko
Mirgorodsky, Sideris Tasiadis, Franz Anton, Lukaš Rohan, Vaclav Chaloupka, Luka
Božič, Ryan Westley and Adam Burgess, Ander Elosegi are just some of the
canoeists that promise an exciting event.
Not to forget women's canoe event
which also brings great action with Mallory Franklin, Kimberley Woods, Tereza
Fišerova, Elena Lilik, Miren Lazkano, Andrea Herzog, Monica Doria Villarubla,
Gabriela and Martina Satkova and others fighting for the gold medal.
The first sets of medals will be
awarded already in the opening day, when women's and men's kayak team events
are scheduled just after the heats in previoulsy mentioned events. On Friday
heats in women's and men's canoe are scheduled, as well as team races in these
two events. On Saturday semifinal and final in women's and men's kayak is on
the programme, and on Sunday the championships will conclude with women's and
men's canoe semifinal and final as well as extreme slalom final phase.
PROGRAMME
Thursday, 26/05/2022
9:30 Heats WK1, MK1
14:10 Team events 3xWK1, 3xMK1
Friday, 27/05/2022
9:30 Heats WC1, MC1
13:10 Team events 3xWC1, 3xMC1
Saturday, 28/05/2022
9:05 Semifinal WK1
9:54 Semifinal MK1
12:06 Final WK1
12:41 Final MK1
15:40 Extreme slalom WK1 time trial
run
16:10 Extreme slalom MK1 time trial
run
Sunday, 29/05/2022
9:05 Semifinal WC1
9:55 Semifinal MC1
12:07 Final WC1
12:42 Final MC1
15:05 Extreme slalom WK1, MK1 1/4
final, semifinal, final
HOTOS will be available here (Photo:
Nina Jelenc/ECA)
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