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European teams once again showed this continent is the strongest in canoe slalom. In the 38th edition of the Canoe Slalom World Championships that took place in Pau, France, representatives of European nations picked up majority of the medals – 30 altogether. Czech Republic finished the championships with a total of eight medals – three gold, two silver and three bronze.  France was second in medal count with five medals (two gold, two silver and a bronze), while Great Britain picked up two gold and a silver medal. Athletes from Germany, Slovakia, Slovenia, Austria and Italy also won medals in the Pau-Pyrenees Whitewater Stadium.

For the first time after 1981 C2 mix event was also part of the championships programme and Extreme Slalom made a debut at the World Championships, after being introduced at World Cups in 2016.

 

CHAMPIONS

Individual events

K1M

1. Ondrej Tunka CZE

2. Vit Prindiš CZE

3. Peter Kauzer SLO

 

K1W

1. Jessica Fox AUS

2. Jana Dukatova SVK

3. Ricarda Funk GER

 

C1M

1. Benjamin Savšek SLO

2. Alexander Slafkovsky SVK

3. Michal Martikan SVK

 

C1W

1. Mallory Franklin GBR

2. Tereza Fišerova CZE

3. Ana Satila BRA

 

C2M

1. Gauthier Klauss – Matthieu Peche FRA

2. Ladislav Škantar – Peter Škantar SVK

3. Robert Behling – Thomas Becker GER

 

C2Mix

1. Margaux Henry – Yves Prigent FRA

2. Niccolo Ferrari – Stefanie Horn ITA

3. Veronika Vojtova – Jan Mašek CZE

 

Team events

3xK1M

1. CZE (Jiri Prskavec, Ondrej Tunka, Vit Prindiš)

2. FRA (Sebastien Combot, Mathieu Biazizzo, Boris Neveu)

3. SLO (Peter Kauzer, Martin Srabotnik, Žan Jakše)

 

3xK1W

1. GER (Ricarda Funk, Jasmin Schornberg, Lisa Fritsche)

2. AUT (Corinna Kuhnle, Viktoria Wolffhardt, Lisa Leitner)

3. AUS (Jessica Fox, Rosalyn Lawrence, Kate Eckhardt)

 

3xC1M

1. SVK (Matej Benuš, Alexander Slafkovsky, Michal Martikan)

2. GBR (David Florence, Ryan Westley, Adam Burgess)

3. FRA (Denis Gargaud Chanut, Edern Le Ruyet, Martin Thomas)

 

3xC1W

1. GBR (Mallory Franklin, Kimberley Woods, Eilidh Gibson)

2. AUS (Jessica Fox, Noemie Fox, Rosalyn Lawrence)

3. CZE (Tereza Fišerova, Monika Jančova, Eva Rihova)

 

Extreme slalom

K1M

1. Vavrinec Hradilek CZE

2. Boris Neveu FRA

3. Mike Dawson NZL

 

K1W

1. Caroline Trompeter GER

2. Ana Satila BRA

3. Amalie Hilgertova CZE