Competitions

The well known canoe slalom course in Ljubljana – Tacen, which hosted European Championships in 2005 and 2017 as well as three editions of World Championships, had a VIP guest yesterday. Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, was in Ljubljana and he visited training of Slovenian National Canoe Slalom team. After that he met Olympic candidates from different sports who also came to Tacen to meet Thomas Bach.

The 2020 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships in Prague, Czech Republic, concluded with semifinal, final and teams races in women’s kayak and men’s canoe events. Czech Katerina Kudejova and Benjamin Savšek from Slovenia were heroes of the day, winning two gold medals – both in individual and team events. 

The second competition day of the 2020 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships in Prague was marked by great success of Czech paddlers who took advantage of their home course. With four available gold medals of the day, three went to Czech hands. Gabriela Satkova is the new European champion in women’s canoe, Jiri Prskavec took the gold in men’s kayak event. In team races Czech Republic took the top podium position in women’s canoe and France was the best in men’s kayak.