SUP ECA European Championships concluded with four events

 

Saturday was the last competition day for the SUP competitors. Danish Christian Andersen was crowned European Champion in men's technical race. He was 2.874 seconds faster than Greek Phaedon Doukas, and Spanish Manuel Hoyuela was 3.344 seconds behind.

"I am so happy to take the gold medal today. I really wanted this gold medal after these races, we were really close," said Andersen.

Kyriaki Logotheti (GRE) completed her medals collection with a gold medal in women's technical race. She was second in sprint and third in long distance. Natalia Novitskaia (AIN) who was the winner of the mentioned two disciplines, had to settle with silver medal, and Italian Claudia Postiglione finished third.

In the inflatable race, Andrii Kraitor, representing Bulgaria, won ahead of Hungarian Karoly Marton and Romanian Victor Fedul. In women's inflatable race, Italian Vira Lemekha won ahead of two Hungarians - Dora Ebenspanger and Eszter Rasztotzky.

Sunday will bring five paracanoeing finals, remaining 1000, 500 and 200 metres canoe sprint finals, and in the last part of the competition also the 5000 metres events.

The A finals of the 2024 ECA Canoe Sprint, Paracanoe and SUP European Championships on Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be streamed online exclusively at Eurovision Sport platform www.eurovisionsport.com, while the Wednesday’s and Thursday’s programme and non-televised events will be live on www.youtube.com/CanoeEurope. The following TV stations will broadcast the Championships between Friday and Sunday: MTVA Hungary, Ceska TV Czechia, JOJ Sport Slovakia, RTP Portugal, RTVE Spain, RAI Sport Italy, RTV Slovenia.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://ech.szeged2024.com/

START LISTS / RESULTS: https://timetable.europecanoeevents.com/index.php?gmt=2&gmt2=-120

LIVESTREAMING AND TV BROADCAST: https://canoe-europe.org/news/2024-eca-canoe-sprint-paracanoe-and-sup-european-championships-live-on-eurovision-sport-2973

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CANOE EUROPE Hungary, Italy and Poland with two medals each on day 3 of the European Championships in Szeged

 

On the third competition day of the 2024 ECA Canoe Sprint, Paracanoe and SUP European Championships in Szeged the first sets of medals were awarded in canoe sprint and paracanoeing events, and SUP competitors fought for the European Champion titles in sprint A finals.

Hungarian, Italian and Polish teams were among the most satisfied ones today. Their athletes won two medals each. The host nation enjoyed the national anthem played in honour of Adam Varga, who set the fastest time in men's K1 500 metres final (1:36.962) and won the European Champion title ahead of Fernando Pimenta (POR), who was 1.260 seconds behind, and Timon Maurer (AUT), who was 1.403 seconds behind.

"It was not so easy. My plan was to be very fast in the first 300 metres to have a big lead and to reach the finish line first," said Adam Varga.

Anna Lucz (HUN) was the second Hungarian winner of the day picking up gold medal in women's kayak 200 metres final (39.543). Polish paddler Katarzyna Kolodziejczyk was second (+0.737), and Bolette Iversen from Denmark third (+0.787).

Justyna Iskrzycka (POL) set the fastest time in women's K1 1000 metres final where she stopped the clock at 3:52.701. Hungarian Eszter Rendessy was second (+1.207) and Melina Andersson from Sweden finished third (+1.654).

The newly crowned European Champion said, "It was not very easy, but I love it, I love to be tired after the race. It was a great race."

Her teammate from Poland Oleksii Koliadych won the European Champion title in men's C1 200 metres final after a tough battle until the last metres. Polish canoeist set the time 38.614, which was 0.260 seconds faster than Spanish paddler Pablo Grana in second place, and Zaza Nadiradze from Georgia finished third (+0.284).

Italy celebrated two European Champion titles in men's K2 and C2 1000 metres events. First, Samuele Burgo and Andrea Schera (3:11.133) won the men's kayak 1000 metres finals ahead of Bence Vajda and Tamas Szabo (HUN), and French duo Cyrille Carre - Etienne Hubert, and just a race later Gabriele Casadei and Carlo Tacchnini repeated their success in men's C2 1000 metres finals. Italians won with the time 3:29.372. German duo Moritz Adam - Nico Pickert were second (+2.267), and Moldovan crew Oleg Tarnovschi - Mihai Chihaia (+2.454) finished the final in the bronze medal position.

Individual neutral athlete Alena Nazdrova was the fastest in women's C1 500 metres A final (2:02.749). She was over a second faster than her closest rival Giada Bragato from Hungary, and 1.607 seconds faster than Maria Corbera (ESP) in third place.

In the last canoe sprint final of the day, Portuguese representatives Iago Bebiano and Kevin Santos won the European Champion titles for their excellent performance in men's K2 200 metres final (31.580). Polish kayakers Jakub Stepun and Przemyslaw Korsak were second (+0.317) and Hungarians Levente Kurucz and Mark Opavszky (+0.433) third.

There were two finals on the programme of the paracanoeing part of the European Championships. Nataliia Lahutenko from Ukraine won another European Champion title in women's VL3 event and enriched her impressive medals collection. Ukrainian paddler set the time 59.058. Spanish Maria Jimenez was second (+0.767) and French paddler Elea Charvet finished third (+2.090). In men's KL3 200 metres final, Juan Valle from Spain won the European Champion title and defended the gold medal from last year's European Championships. In fact, the podium was equal to the season 2023. Valle won the title ahead of Mateusz Surwilo from Poland, while Ron Halevi from Israel took the bronze medal.

The afternoon's programme included SUP sprint finals. Gold medal in women's A final went to the hands of Natalia Novitskaia (AIN), who on Thursday took the European Champion title also in the long distance event. In sprint final, she won ahead of Kyriaki Logotheti from Greece (+1.364), and Marta Apanasewicz (+2.177) from Poland. The top two positions in men's SUP sprint A final went to the hands of canoe sprinters Andrii Kraitor, who now competes for Bulgaria, and Vadim Korobov from Lithuania. Spanish competitor Manuel Hoyuela, the long distance European Champion, was third. "I am super stoked to be back here in Szeged. My first international event was in 2011 here in canoe sprint. I am happy to have this combined event with canoe sprint. I feel this professional vibe, thank you for this decision. My plan is to collect titles," said Kraitor, holder of several medals from canoe sprint World and European Championships.

Saturday will start with paracanoeing finals and continue with 200, 500 and 1000 metres finals. On Saturday, we will also follow SUP technical race finals and inflatable race finals, as well as more 1000, 500 and 200 metres A finals.

The A finals of the 2024 ECA Canoe Sprint, Paracanoe and SUP European Championships on Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be streamed online exclusively at Eurovision Sport platform www.eurovisionsport.com, while the Wednesday’s and Thursday’s programme and non-televised events will be live on www.youtube.com/CanoeEurope. The following TV stations will broadcast the Championships between Friday and Sunday: MTVA Hungary, Ceska TV Czechia, JOJ Sport Slovakia, RTP Portugal, RTVE Spain, RAI Sport Italy, RTV Slovenia.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://ech.szeged2024.com/

START LISTS / RESULTS: https://timetable.europecanoeevents.com/index.php?gmt=2&gmt2=-120

LIVESTREAMING AND TV BROADCAST: https://canoe-europe.org/news/2024-eca-canoe-sprint-paracanoe-and-sup-european-championships-live-on-eurovision-sport-2973

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CANOE EUROPE Hungarian domination at their home European Championships in Szeged

 

On penultimate day of the 2024 ECA Canoe Sprint, Paracanoe and SUP European Championships in Szeged, Hungarian athletes once again dominated in the canoe sprint finals, winning European Champion titles in six events, and claiming four more medals in canoe sprint and paracanoe, and three medals in SUP Infalatable race.

Hungarian team is proving to be very strong on their road to Paris 2024 Olympic Games. At the 2024 ECA Canoe Sprint, Paracanoe and SUP European Championships in Szeged they are at the top of the medals table with a total of 14 medals, eight of them gold. On Saturday, they enriched their medals collection with six more gold medals.

Tamara Csipes opened the successful day with gold medal in women's K1 500 metres Olympic event (1:54.580), where she had almost two seconds advantage over Emma Jorgensen from Denmark (+1.950), while Milica Novaković (SRB) finished third, two and a half seconds behind. After the successful performance Csipes pointed out in her short interview she loves to race in front of Hungarian spectators, because it is different than races in other countries, she also wanted to show her opponents how strong she is. She said she was racing with her heart, not head, and that she is very confident and will travel to Paris with this mindset.

Just a race later Bence Nadas and Sandor Totka (HUN) won in men's K2 500 metres event (1:30.434), finishing the race ahead of Uladzislau Kravets and Dzmitry Natynchyk (AIN) and Mindaugas Maldonis - Andrej Olijnik (LTU).

Agnes Kiss and Bianka Nagy were crowned European Champions in women's C2 500 metres event, and Hungarian women's K4 was the fastest over the 500 metres long course. Noemi Pupp and Sara Fojt (HUN) were the best in women's 1000 metres final, and Blanka Kiss and Anna Lucz in women's K2 200 metres event.

Other Canoe Sprint European Champions of the day were Romanian canoeist Catalin Chirila in men's C1 1000 metres event, Mikita Borykau, Uladzislau Kravets, Uladzislau Litvinau and Dzmitry Matynchyk (AIN) in men's K4 1000 metres event, Serghei Tarnovschi (MDA) in men's C1 500 metres final, Oleksandr Zaitsev (UKR) in men's K1 200 metres event, Antia Jacome - Maria Corbera (ESP) in women's C2 200 metres event, and Alexey Korovashkov - Ivan Shtyl (AIN) in men's C2 200 metres event.

Paracanoe European Champion titles of the day to Ukraine, Great Britain, Spain and France

On the fourth day of the European Championships in Szeged four European Champions were crowned. Ukrainian Vladyslav Yepifanov took the win in men's VL3 200 metres event. He was more than two seconds faster than Abel Aber from France, while Stuart Wood from Great Britain picked up bronze medal.

In women's VL2 200 metres final British representative Ellen Field celebrated European Champion title. After the win she said, "I’m not really sure. My paddle slipped. My shoulder slipped and didn’t even know I’d won until my teammate Stu (Wood) had told me. I went full send from the front and zoned out for the rest.  I had no idea I’d won, I just focussed on finishing the race and I finished in front! I’m always happy when I’m canoeing. I’ll be celebrating today!" Anastasia Miasnikova (AIN) was second and Veronica Biglia (ITA) third.

Spanish Araceli Menduina was the winner of women's KL3 200 metres event. She was 0.266 seconds faster than French Nelia Barbosa, while Polish paddler Katarzyna Kozikowska won bronze medal (+0.363).

Remy Boulle (FRA) was the winner of men's KL1 200 metres final. French competitior was more than half a second faster than Robert Suba from Hungary, while Italian Esteban Farias picked up bronze medal.

Women's VL1 200 metres event was not an official European Championships event. Here, Italian Viktoriya Shablova won ahead of two Germans Lillemor Koeper and Esther Bode.

The wait is over – 2024 ECA Canoe Sprint, Paracanoe and SUP European Championships kicks off on Wednesday

 

We are just a day away of one the biggest highlights of the European canoeing season 2024 – the 2024 ECA Canoe Sprint, Paracanoe and SUP European Championships which will take place between 12 and 16 June in Szeged, Hungary.

Hungarian city of Szeged will turn into the canoe sprint capital for the second time this year. In May, the Szeged Olympic Center hosted European Olympic qualifier event as well as the first ICF World Cup race of the season, and now the venue awaits the best European canoe sprint, paracanoe and SUP competitors. This will be the first ever SUP European Championships under the auspices of the ECA, while it will be the 22nd edition of Canoe Sprint European Championships under the ECA umbrella in addition to the 2022 Multisport European Championships and three editions of the European Games.

Athletes from 36 countries will compete in the canoe sprint part of the European Championships, there will be representatives of 17 countries in the paracanoeing events and 21 European nations will be represented in SUP European Championships.

The competition programme will include both Olympic and non-Olympic events, Paracanoeing events and SUP inflatable, long distance, sprint and technical race.

The championships will kick off on Wednesday with SUP races. In the morning the first stages of the technical race are on the programme and in the afternoon the SUP sprint heats, quarterfinal and semifinal will follow.

On Thursday, men’s K4 500 metres heats will open the canoe sprint part of the European Championships, followed by 1000, 200 and 500 metres heats. The first paracanoeing events are also scheduled for Thursday, as well as SUP long distance races.

Friday will start with semifinals in canoe sprint, and the first sets of medals in canoe sprint and paracanoeing will be awarded in the afternoon. We will see eight canoe sprint A finals, two paracanoe finals as well as SUP sprint finals A.

Saturday will start with paracanoeing finals and continue with 200, 500 and 1000 metres finals. On Saturday, we will also follow SUP technical race finals and inflatable race finals, as well as more 1000, 500 and 200 metres A finals.

The Championships of the Old Continent will conclude on Sunday. This day will bring five paracanoeing finals, remaining 1000, 500 and 200 metres canoe sprint finals, and in the last part of the competition also the 5000 metres events.

During the championships which will be packed with exciting action, the organisers also included into the programme other events, such as KT-1 and KT-2 Special Olympics, and MK4 events for girls and boys and MC4 mixed races.

The A finals of the 2024 ECA Canoe Sprint, Paracanoe and SUP European Championships on Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be streamed online exclusively at Eurovision Sport platform www.eurovisionsport.com, while the Wednesday’s and Thursday’s programme and non-televised events will be live on www.youtube.com/CanoeEurope. The following TV stations will broadcast the Championships between Friday and Sunday: MTVA Hungary, Ceska TV Czechia, JOJ Sport Slovakia, RTP Portugal, RTVE Spain, RAI Sport Italy, RTV Slovenia.

IMPORTANT LINKS OFFICIAL WEBSITE:  https://ech.szeged2024.com/ START LISTS / RESULTS:  https://timetable.europecanoeevents.com/index.php?gmt=2&gmt2=-120 LIVESTREAMING AND TV BROADCAST:  https://canoe-europe.org/news/2024-eca-canoe-sprint-paracanoe-and-sup-european-championships-live-on-eurovision-sport-2973 TICKETS:  https://ech.szeged2024.com/tickets PROGRAMME:  https://ech.szeged2024.com/program

The first finalists of the 2024 ECA SUP European Championships in Szeged are known

 

The 2024 ECA Canoe Sprint, Paracanoe and SUP European Championships in Szeged, Hungary, kicked off with SUP part of the European Championships. Competitors fought for the places in final of Technical race and sprint.

The opening day of the 2024 ECA Canoe Sprint, Paracanoe and SUP European Championships, which takes place in Hungarian Szeged, was dedicated to stand up paddlers. In the morning part of the programme they fought for the A final in technical race, where there was a place for just eight best paddlers from semifinal in men's and eight competitors in women's event. First, they competed in heats, then in quarterfinal and at the end in the semifinal.

In men's event Spanish competitor Manuel Hoyuela (5:05.271) took the win in the first semifinal, and Christian Andersen (5:07.490) from Denmark was the fastest in second semifinal. In men's A final we will see representatives of Spain, Greece, Germany, Slovakia, Denmark, Bulgaria and Hungary.

The fastest semifinalist of women's technical race was Kyriaki Logotheti from Greece, who completed the course in 5:46.659. She was the fastest in the first semifinal group where athletes from Hungary, Italy and Spain also managed to qualify to the A final. Natalia Novitskaia (Individual Neutral Athlete) produced the best time in the second semifinal group (5:55.528). From this group also representatives of Germany, Italy and Poland advanced to the final A.

In the afternoon part of the first competition day, SUP competitors fought for the places in A final of the sprint event. Many athletes, who already advanced to the final A in technical race, repeated their success also in sprint. Greek athlete Kyriaki Logotheti and Natalia Novitskaia were the fastest in their respective semifinal groups. In women's sprint final we will also see competitors from Italy, Hungary, Germany, Czechia, Poland and individual neutral athletes.

Bulgarian representative Andrii Kraitor and Lithuanian Vadim Korobov, both excellent canoe sprint paddlers, were the fastest in their semifinal groups of the men's sprint event. They will fight for the medals in the A final and will have tough competition in Spanish, Danish, Greek and Italian athletes as well as in individual neutral athlete.

On Thursday, men’s K4 500 metres heats will open the canoe sprint part of the European Championships, followed by 1000, 200 and 500 metres heats. The first paracanoeing events are also scheduled for Thursday, as well as SUP long distance races.

The A finals of the 2024 ECA Canoe Sprint, Paracanoe and SUP European Championships on Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be streamed online exclusively at Eurovision Sport platform www.eurovisionsport.com, while the Wednesday’s and Thursday’s programme and non-televised events will be live on www.youtube.com/CanoeEurope. The following TV stations will broadcast the Championships between Friday and Sunday: MTVA Hungary, Ceska TV Czechia, JOJ Sport Slovakia, RTP Portugal, RTVE Spain, RAI Sport Italy, RTV Slovenia.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://ech.szeged2024.com/

START LISTS / RESULTS: https://timetable.europecanoeevents.com/index.php?gmt=2&gmt2=-120

LIVESTREAMING AND TV BROADCAST: https://canoe-europe.org/news/2024-eca-canoe-sprint-paracanoe-and-sup-european-championships-live-on-eurovision-sport-2973

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PROGRAMME: https://ech.szeged2024.com/program

2024 ECA Canoe Sprint, Paracanoe and SUP European Championships live on Eurovision Sport platform and Canoe Europe Youtube Channel

 

The 2024 ECA Canoe Sprint, Paracanoe and SUP European Championships will take place between 12 and 16 June in Szeged, Hungary, and you will be able to follow the competition live on Eurovision Sport platform https://www.eurovisionsport.com. This platform will bring exciting action with free public access - you will be able to follow the championships free of charge, the only requirement is to register with your email. Non televised races will be streamed live at www.youtube.com/CanoeEurope.

The Eurovision Sport is available via desktop and mobile website – www.eurovisionsport.com – plus android and iOS apps. All you need to do is sign up with your email and then enjoy the content of the platform.

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CANOE EUROPE YOUTUBE CHANNEL

All the competitions that will not be streamed live on Eurovision Sport platform, will be available on Canoe Europe Youtube Channel.

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EUROVISION SPORT STREAMING TIMETABLE

*All times are CET

Friday, 14 June 2024

Sprint, SUP & Paracanoe Finals

14.30 - 15.15 | MK2 1000m, MC2 1000m, WK1 1000m

15.15 - 15.40 | WC1 500m, MK1 500m

15.40 - 16.29 | WSUP 200m, MSUP 200m

WVL3 200m, MKL3 200m

16.29 - 16.57 | WK1 200m. MC1 200m, MK2 200

16.57 - 17.55 | Medal Ceremonies

Saturday, 15 June 2024

Paracanoe Finals including Medal Ceremonies

09.30 - 10.25 | MVL3 200m, WVL2 200m, WVL1 200m

Olympic & Paralympic events Finals

11.00 - 11.48 | WK1 500m, MK2 500m, MC1 1000m

11.48 - 12.34 | WKL3 200m, MKL1 200m,  WC2 500m, WK4 500m

12.34 - 13.04 | Medal Ceremonies

SUP & Sprint Finals

15.00 - 16.00 | WSUP & MSUP Technical Races + Highlights of SUP Long Distance Finals

16.00 - 16.46 | MK4 1000m, WK2 1000m, MC1 500m

16.46 - 16.23 | WK2 200m, MK1 200m, WC2 200m, MC2 200m

16.23 - 17.58 | Medal Ceremonies

Sunday, 16 June 2024

Paracanoe Finals including Medal Ceremonies

09.30 - 10.25 | MKL2 200m, WKL1 200m, MVL1 200m

Olympic & Paralympic events Finals

11.00 - 11.48 | MK1 1000m, WK2 500m, MC2 500m

11.40 - 12.32 | WKL2 200m, MVL2 200m, WC1 200m, MK4 500m

12.32 - 13.02 | Medal Ceremonies

5000m Finals

14.30 - 15.05 | MC1 Final

15.08 - 15.42 | WK1 Final

15.42 - 16.22 | MK1 Final

16.22 - 17.14 | WC1 Final

TV BROADCASTERS

(Eurovison Sport Geoblocked areas)

Hungary (MTVA):

14, 15 & 16 June: geo block

Czech Republic (Ceska TV):

15 Paralympic transmissions commencing at 11.00 CET

15 Canoe Sprint transmissions commencing at 15.00 CET

16 Paralympic transmissions commencing at 11.00

Slovakia (JOJ Sport):

14, 15 & 16 June: geo block

Portugal (RTP):

14, 15 & 16 June: geo block

Spain (RTVE):

14, 15 & 16 June: geo block

Italy (Rai Sport):

15 Paralympic Finals commencing at 11.00 CET 

16 Paralympic Finals commencing at 11.00 CET

Slovenia (RTV Slovenia): no geo blocking required 

Additional information

RTP Portugal:

14 June:  on RTP Desporto

15 June: Paracanoe commencing at 08.30 local time in Portugal on RTP Desporto

15 Paralympic Category Finals commencing at 10.00 local time in Portugal on RTP 2

15 Canoe Sprint Finals commencing at 14.00 local time in Portugal on RTP 2

16 June: Paracanoe commencing at 08.30 local time in Portugal on RTP Desporto

16 Paralympic Category Finals  commencing at 10.00 local time in Portugal on RTP 2

15 June: 5000m  Finals commencing at 14.30 local time in Portugal on RTP 2