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Wildwater Canoeing
In Wildwater Racing events, the paddlers have to race their rudderless craft down a river, in the fastest time possible. Competitoin involves Classic races, which can be up to half an hour in duration, and the spectator-friendly Sprint, which is usually 400m to 800 m in length, where each run lasts just a few exciting minutes.
There are single kayak (K1) events for men and women, and canoe events, in single (C1) and double boats (C2) for both men and women. There are also team events.
The 2020 ECA Wildwater Sprint Canoeing European Cup series kicked off with a race in Česke Vrbne where more than 200 athletes in senior and over 100 paddlers in junior categories took part. Medallists from past European and World Championships were at the podium in Czech Republic.
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The 2020 ECA Wildwater Canoeing European Cup race series was supposed to start at the end of March with a race in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, but was cancelled duo to Covid-19, like the following races in Skopje and Osilnica. ECA’s technical delegate for Wildwater Canoeing Manuela Gawehn now worked with the organisers and found new dates for the race series later in the year.
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North Macedonian paddler Ljubomir Spasik has been around for many seasons now and last year he became an overall winner of the Wildwater Canoeing European Cup race series. In an interview he talked about his beginnings, future goals and status of canoeing in North Macedonia.
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