Competitions

After the winter break, the international canoeing competition season is getting underway. On Saturday, Germany hosted the first race of the 2025 ECA Wildwater Sprint Canoeing European Cup series, featuring athletes from nine countries. Victories went to competitors from Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland.

Spanish canoe slalom paddler Miquel Trave was the first name of Saturday's part of the ECA Open Canoe Slalom European Cup, held in La Seu d’Urgell. The second event of the Pyrenees Cup, which also counted as the ICF Canoe Slalom World Ranking race, took place at the 1992 Olympic venue. Home competitor Trave claimed victory in both the kayak and canoe events.

After Pau, the Pyrenees Cup canoe slalom series now moved to Spain, where the second race is on the programme this weekend. The event in La Seu d’Urgell also counts as the second ECA Open Canoe Slalom European Cup race of the season 2025 and as a ICF Canoe Slalom World Ranking race.

Everything is ready in Germany for the first race in the 2025 season of the ECA Wildwater Sprint Canoeing European Cup series. Organisers of the competition in Fulda expect competitors from nine countries.