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Precision and speed in the rough 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.
No competitions this year in this category
The first individual Junior and U23 European Champions of the season 2017 are known. Austrians, like in the heats, finished in the first position in two events, but it was Viktoria Wolffhardt and Mario Leitner who celebrated a gold medal in today’s kayak U23 finals. Laia Sorribes is Junior European Champion in women’s kayak event and Tine Kancler in men’s kayak. Vojtech Mružek and Albert Kašpar were the fastest in men’s C2 U23 final.
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The first medals of the 2017 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships have been awarded today in Hohenlimburg, Germany. After the morning heats in C1W and C1M junior and U23 categories, athletes fought for the first European Champion titles in afternoon’s team events. Czech athletes have been the most successful during the first day of finals with four gold medals and one bronze. Eleven European nations won medals in Friday’s team events.
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