We are
just a day away from the start of the 2024 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint
European Championships in Bratislava – Zemnik, Slovakia. Young athletes from 36
European countries will fight for the medals over four competition days.
Slovakia
is traditional host of major international canoe slalom events, such as World
and European Championships for senior, U23 and junior paddlers, but this will
be the first time this country will host a Championships in canoe sprint. The
local organising committee has experience in organising Olympic Hopes and
famous International regatta, however this will be a new challenge for them.
“We are
gradually completing and improving the entire venue in order to present
ourselves to the world in the best possible light. It is a great honour and a
challenge for us to have been entrusted with the Junior and U23 European
Championships. The European Canoe Association gave us priority over many
European places. We have a lot of work, organisation and financial costs ahead
of us, especially in terms of infrastructure. We are building complete
facilities for the competitors, technical areas as well as stands and services
for spectators. But we have a great organising team with experienced
professionals,” said Boris Bergendi, Secretary General of Slovak Canoeing and
Head of the Organising Committee who oversees the preparations for the
championships.
The
championships will start on Wednesday with opening ceremony and the first races
are on the programme on Thursday, when young athletes will compete in 1000 and
500 metres heats. Friday morning will bring the semifinals in 1000 and 500
metres events, and in the afternoon we will see the 200 metres heats and
additional 500 metres semifinals. The first medals will be awarded on Saturday
morning to the best competitors in the 1000 metres finals. After that we will
follow the 500 and 200 metres semifinals. On Sunday, the championships will
conclude with 500 and 200 metres finals.
Fans will
be able to follow the championships live on Canoe Europe Youtube channel free
of charge.
PARTICIPATING
COUNTRIES: Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece,
Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Turkiye, Ukraine.
LIVESTREAM:
https://www.youtube.com/CanoeEurope
START
LISTS/RESULTS:
https://timetable.europecanoeevents.com/index.php?gmt=2&gmt2=-120
WEBSITE:
https://bratislava2024.canoe.sk/
INSTAGRAM:
@slovenskakanoistika_sprintteam
FACEBOOK:
No comments:
Post a Comment