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The golden day for Czech canoe slalom team on the Vltava River started with Vojtech Heger, who was the best in men's U23 canoe final. 22-year-old canoeist who also has senior world championships medal from the 2021 team event, was third at this year's U23 World Championships, and now he stood on the highest podium position.

 

France's Mewen Debliquy, the reigning U23 World Champion, picked up two penalty seconds which cost him the U23 European Champion title. At the end, he was 0.48 seconds behind. Bronze medal went to Lennard Tuchscherer from Germany.

 

The 2020 Senior European Champion Gabriela Satkova (CZE) added another title to her collection. She was the best in women's U23 canoe final and was almost two and a half seconds faster than her teammate Tereza Kneblova in second position. Fanchon Janssen from France was third. 

Klara Kneblova was another from the excellent Czech team to stand on the highest podium position. In women's junior C1 event Adriana Morenova from Czech Republic won silver medal, and Lucie Krech from Germany finished third.

 

The only non-Czech gold medallist in Sunday's canoe slalom part of the championships was Slovak canoeist Samuel Krajci who was the best in men's junior C1 final. Ziga Lin Hocevar from Slovenia repeated his success from Saturday's kayak final and won his second silver medal of the championships in addition to two golds from team events. Spain's Markel Imaz was third.

 

In the afternoon, the extreme slalom competition was on the programme. Olga Samkova concluded the excellent championships for the host nation with a gold medal in women's junior extreme slalom final. Naja Pinteric from Slovenia was second and Arina Kontchakov from Great Britain third.

 

Eva Alina Hocevar, older sister of Ziga Lin who was second in junior canoe today, was crowned the U23 women's extreme slalom European Champion after great final performance. Olatz Arregui from Spain was second and Eva Pietracha from France won bronze medal.

 

Titouan Castryck from France won his second gold medal at this championships in men's junior extreme slalom final. He was the best already on Saturday in men's junior kayak final. His colleague from the French team Martin Cornu was second and Edward McDonald from Great Britain third.

 

Spain won gold medal in men's U23 extreme slalom final thanks to Pau Echaniz. Second and third place went to France. Anatole Delassus was second and reigning U23 World Champion Gael Adisson finished the final race in third place.