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Hungarian kayaker Eszter Csonka won her second medal at this European Championships today in women's junior K2 event together with Evelin Csengeri. Their teammates Csenge Kulcsar and Viktoria Pardi were second in this event and Slovakian duo Katarina Pecsukova - Karolina Seregiova picked up bronze medal.

 

The fastest canoeist in men's U23 event was Denys Davydov from Ukraine. He did not expect to win the European Champion title, "It was very hard. I did not expect to win the gold medal. I thought I will be third, maybe fifth. Definitely not first, it is a big surprise for me." Silver medal went to Portugal thanks to Sergio Maciel and bronze to Poland with Mateusz Borgiel.

 

 

In women's U23 kayak race it was a win for Hungarian paddler Lili Katona. "I really enjoyed the race. First, I have to thank Elio for giving me beautiful boat and it was amazing. I wanted to have a fast start and I managed to do that. I wanted to win, this was my dream," said the new European Champion after the race. Irati Osa from Spain finished second, only 0.76 seconds behind. Teresa Isotta from Italy was third.

 

 

In men's C2 junior race Oliver Nagy and Boldizsar Bekesi from Hungary produced the best time to win the European Champion title ahead of Ukrainian duo Kyrylo Krasinskyi - Anton Matsaenko and another Hungarian crew David Halasz - Balazs Palla.

 

 

Danish anthem played in honour of Noah Pedersen and Silas Runholm from Denmark who were unbeatable in men's junior K2 event. Alejandro Moreno and Joaquin Iglesias from Spain were second and Benedek Szegvari - Adam Kiss from Hungary were third.

 

 

French canoeist Clemence Leblanc won the European Champion title in women's C1 junior race in front of her family and loud supporters, "It is really good to race at home. My family and friends were here which gave me a lot of power. It was really long race with wind in the face, but it was really good to be in front of the race." Dora Horanyi and Brenda Kalaman from Hungary were second and third.

 

 

In the last race of the day - men's K1 U23 event - Danish kayakers Mads Pedersen and Thorbjorn Rask celebrated a double win. Adriano Conceicao from Portugal was third.