Seven medal events were held on the
first competition day of the 2022 ECA Canoe Marathon European Championships in
Silkeborg. Denmark celebrated gold and silver thanks to Mads Pedersen and
Hannah Andersen, while Hungary topped the medals table after day one.
On the opening day of the 2022 ECA
Canoe Marathon European Championships three junior Canoe Marathon events were
held, and in the afternoon four short race finals followed. The main favourites
for the medals took the podium positions on day one of the European
Championships.
In the short race, participants
competed on a 3400 metres long course. Hungarian Vanda Kiszli, the 2021 women's
K1 World Champion in this discipline, again showed power and took the win ahead
of Eva Barrios from Spain. Spanish competitor was 15 seconds behind to secure
herself a silver medal, and Samantha Clark from Great Britain was third. She
was 16 seconds behind the winner of the short race final.
Mads Pedersen won the gold medal for
host nation in men's K1 short race. The local favourite also for the classic
marathon race on Saturday beat all the opponents for more than 12 seconds.
Spanish kayakers Ivan Alonso and Walter Bouzan were second and third
respectively. The defending European Champion, who is also the 2021 World
Champion, Jose Ramalho from Portugal didn't have the best opening day of the
championships and was eleventh.
Ukraine's Liudmyla Babak, the 2021
World Champion, was the strongest in women's canoe short race final. It was a
tight race, but at the end she pulled out a win with a three seconds advantage
over Great Britain's Bethany Gill. Marine Sansinena from France won bronze
medal in this event.
Poland celebrated a double win in
men's C1 short race thanks to Mateusz Borgiel and Mateusz Kaminski. Borgiel
managed to defend the title from last's years European Championships. Bronze
medal went to the hands of experienced Spanish canoeist Manuel Campos.
In the morning part of the programme
juniors fought for the European Champion titles. In a 19 kilometres long race,
with five laps, four portages and a small lap, Zsofia Szerafin from Hungary
took the gold medal in junior women's K1. On the highest podium position, she
replaced her compatriot Maja Horvath who was unbeatable in this event in 2021.
Hannah Andersen from Denmark was second and Greta Roeser from Great Britain won
bronze medal.
Participants of junior men's canoe
race also competed in a 19 kilometres long race. It was Eryk Wilga from Poland
who dominated this event. He was almost half a minute faster than Hungarian
Peter Soltesz in second place, while third place also went to Hungary thanks to
Tamas Szollosi.
Anastasia Dezhytska from Ukraine was
the best in junior women's C1 event. It took her one hour, nine minutes and six
seconds to complete the 11,8 kilometres long course. Hungarian Imola Batka was
second, and Anna Gorinsky from Spain was third.
After the first competition day
Hungary leads on the medal table with a total of five medals, two gold medals,
two silvers and a bronze. Spain, too, picked up five medals, but still waits a
golden one. Poland is second on the medal table with two gold medals and one
silver, while Ukraine won two gold medals for third position on the medal
table.
On Friday, the championships
continues with junior women's K2 and junior men's C2, and U23 men's C1 and K1
and women's U23 K1 events.
START LISTS - RESULTS
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