This weekend, on 26 and 27 April, the Kayak Centre Tacen will host the strong international I Feel Slovenia Canoe Slalom Cup, which will serve as an ECA European Cup and will also count toward the ICF World Ranking points. Competitors from 17 countries will take on the rapids of the Sava River.
The I Feel Slovenia Canoe Slalom Cup Tacen 2025 will be the first of two major international events held in Tacen this year, with the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup following at the end of August. In addition to the Slovenian athletes, the ECA European Cup race will feature paddlers from Italy, Austria, Spain, Slovakia, France, Croatia, Hungary, Switzerland, Serbia, Great Britain, Canada, Sweden, the Netherlands, Ireland, Australia, and Senegal.
This event will also serve as the first selection weekend for the Slovenian senior national team, so Slovenian athletes will be especially motivated to deliver top performances. Peter Kauzer, Benjamin Savsek, Luka Bozic and Ziga Lin Hocevar are prequalified to the team based on the last year’s results.
This competition will be a great opportunity to assess current form, as many top international athletes will be at the starting line. These include Giovanni de Gennaro, last year’s Olympic champion from Paris and European Champion in Tacen; his fellow Italians Xabier Ferrazzi, Stefanie Horn, Marta Bertoncelli, Elena Borghi, Raffaello Ivaldi; Slovak paddler Matej Benus; Austrians Felix Oschmautz and Mario Leitner; Croatian Matija Marinić; French competitors Doriane Delassus and Pierre-Antoine Tillard; Swedish athlete Erik Holmer; Irish paddler Jake Cochrane; Senegal’s Yves Bourhis; Dutch paddler Lena Teunissen; Spanish competitor Clara Gonzales, and many others.
Both on Saturday, 26 April, and Sunday, 27 April, heats will begin at 10:00 AM, with finals for the top twelve starting at 2:20 PM.
LIVESTREAM: https://www.youtube.com/CanoeEurope & https://www.youtube.com/kajakzveza
RESULTS: https://www.timing-mojstrana.com/
More information: https://slalomtacen.com/
