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Slalom

Precision and speed on the wild water

In Slalom Racing, paddlers have to navigate the kayak or canoe through pairs of poles, called "gates", set up over the challenging rapids, waves, eddies and currents on a 300m stretch of rough water. If the paddler touches one of the poles, or misses a gate altogether, penalty times are added to the time achieved by the competitor on that run. They are single kayak (K) events, for men and women, and canoe events, also for men and women, in single (C1) and double boats (C2). There are also team events.

This discipline made its appearance in the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 and then had to wait until 1992 to be reinstated to the Olympic programme.

DOCUMENTS can be found here.

ECA Competitions

2024 ECA Open Canoe Slalom European ...
April 20. - 21. 2024, Ljubljana - Tacen, SLO
2024 ECA Open Canoe Slalom European ...
May 3. - 5. 2024, Krakow, POL
2024 ECA I Feel Slovenia Canoe ...
May 15. - 19. 2024, Ljubljana - Tacen, SLO
2024 ECA Open Canoe Slalom European ...
May 25. - 26. 2024, Merano, ITA
2024 ECA Open Canoe Slalom European ...
May 25. - 26. 2024, Liptovsky Mikulas, SVK
All competitions

NEWS

Strong race in Huningue brought wins for Germany, Czechia and Switzerland
Strong race in Huningue brought wins for Germany, Czechia and Switzerland

Huningue, a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of France and a northern suburb of the Swiss city of Basel, which also borders Germany, hosted the ICF World Ranking race which also counted for the 2024 ECA Open Canoe Slalom European Cup series. Two wins of the weekend went to Germany, one to Czechia and one to the host organisers – Switzerland.

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Double win for Mallory Franklin in Pau
Double win for Mallory Franklin in Pau

Pau hosted the second race in the Pyrenees Cup race series, and this canoe slalom and kayak cross race also counted as the second race in the 2024 ECA Open Canoe Slalom European Cup race series. British paddler Mallory Franklin recorded two wins, while the other first places stayed in the hands of French paddlers.

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Double podium for Miquel Trave at Pyrenees Cup in La Seu d'Urgell
Double podium for Miquel Trave at Pyrenees Cup in La Seu d'Urgell

The 2024 ECA Canoe Slalom European Cup series started this weekend with first race of the year. The first race was a part of the Pyrenees Cup held in La Seu d’Urgell. Spanish canoe slalom paddlers took all podium positions in canoe slalom, while wins in kayak cross went to Great Britain and Andorra.

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