Day two of the Canoe Sprint
competition at the Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games ended in the same
fashion as it started: with a lot of exciting races.
After the four medal events that were
dominated by Ukrainian competitors who won two gold medals, the semifinal races
in singles over 200 metres and the heats in the mixed events delivered the same
amount of competitiveness.
In a very tight race in C1 Italian
Mattia Alfonsi managed to win with only 0.028 seconds in front of Ilie
Sprincean (MDA), and 0.062 seconds in front of Helder Silva (POR), to secure
the place in the medal race. The C1 200 metres final is scheduled for Friday at
15:04.
The women’s C1 200 metres semifinal
was equally nerve wrecking for the fans with Virag Balla (HUN) coming in first
with only 0.227 seconds in front of the Georgian Mariam Kerdikashvilli. The
remaining spot in the final which will take place on Friday at 15:13, was
secured by the British paddler Isabel Evans.
Serbian Milica Novakovic dominated
her K1 200 metres semifinal with a clear and convincing win. Second place was
won by Diana Rybak (UKR), and Madara Aldina (LAT) came in third. The women’s K1
200 metre final will take place on the third day of competition at 15:22.
The men’s K1 200 was equally as
exciting as the morning heats with first six paddlers coming across the finish
line in less than half a second. Oleksander Zaitsev (UKR) won, in front of
Badri Kavelashvili (GEO) and Gunnar Eide (NOR). Men’s K1 200 final will take
place on Friday at 15:31.
The second day of Canoe Sprint
competition at Kryspinow Waterway was wrapped with heats in the mixed events
over 200 metres.
From the heats in the mixed Canadian
Double three crews won the right to compete for the medals. Hungarians Bianka
Nagy and Adam Fekete won their heat, in front of Mihai Chiaia (MDA) and Maria
Olarasu (MDA) and Antonin Hrabal (CZE) and Denisa Rahova (CZE).
The Spaniard Antia Jacome, who
previously won the silver in C2 500 with Maria Corbera (ESP) paired with Pablo
Grana to win their heat. The Polish paddler Aleksander Kitewski (who earlier
won bronze in C2 500) together with Sylwia Szczerbinska (POL) came in second
place, with the German duo Nico Pickert and Annika Loske taking the third
direct spot in the final.
The mixed K2 200 metre heats offered
the direct placement in the final to winners only. The first to secure the spot
in the medals race were Teresa Portella (POR) and Kevin Santos (POR) the
reigning European K1 200 champion. The second heat was won by the Ukrainians
Nataliia Dokiienko and Oleksandr Zaitsev, with Katarzyna Kolodziejczyk (POL)
and Jakub Stepun winning the third and final place in the final.
European Games Krakow-Malopolska 2023
is the Europe’s biggest multidisciplinary sporting event in 2023. More than 7
thousand athletes are competing in 26 sports and 29 disciplines for 253 gold
medals. More than that, European Games 2023 are part of the qualification
process for the Olympic Games in Paris 2024 in 19 sports. This great
celebration of sports started on 21st of June. The closing ceremony will take
place on July 2nd.
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