Canoe Slalom paddlers who are spending their winter in Reunion for the training camp have competed in the La Run Slalom which counted for the ICF Slalom World Ranking. Elena Lilik was the winner of both women’s events, with Jules Bernardet and Jiri Prskavec claimed wins in men’s canoe and kayak respectively.
German canoe slalom paddler Elena Lilik was the most successful athlete of the opening race in the season 2023 – La Run Slalom in St. Suzanne in Reunion. Multiple World and European Championships medallists was almost three seconds faster than French paddler Angele Hug in women’s canoe final. Both paddlers had a penalty free run, as did Italian Elena Borghi who finished the race in third position.
Later, Elena Lilik produced another winning final performance, taking the win also in women’s kayak final. Despite two seconds penalty she still crossed the finish line two and a half seconds ahead of Slovak Eliska Mintalova, who also had one touch. German World and Olympic Champion Ricarda Funk claimed third place, 2,72 seconds behind her compatriot, but she had two touched and consequently four penalty seconds.
In a very tight men’s kayak final Czech Jiri Prskavec took the highest podium position once more, winning the race a little over half a second ahead of Italian Giovanni De Gennaro. France’s Anatole Delassus was third.
Prskavec, who paddles also in canoe during his preparation for the upcoming season, had a good final also in this event. He was fourth and just outside the podium. French canoeist Jules Bernardet won, a little over two seconds ahead of his teammate Tanguy Adisson, while Raffaello Ivaldi from Italy won third place.
Full results can be found here: https://www.ffck.org/2023/02/05/icf-ranking-ile-de-la-reunion-sainte-suzanne/
PHOTO: Gil Victoire / facebook.com/comitereunion.canoekayak
7.2.2023
