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In Tacen two wins for Slovenian paddlers and two wins for Italians

The second race in ECA European Open Canoe Slalom Cup series which was held in Ljubljana – Tacen, Slovenia, brought two wins for Slovenian slalomists and two wins for Italian representatives.


The first final of the day was in men’s C1 event, where Anže Berčič (SLO) produced the best time. He was 77 hundred of a second faster than his compatriot Benjamin Savšek, 2015 European and 2017 World Champion. Raffaello Ivaldi (ITA) finished the race in third place.
 
Young Italian canoeist Marta Bertoncelli showed the best run in women’s C1 event. A second and a half seconds slower time recorded Viktoriia Dobrotvorska from Ukraine to finish the race in second place, while Slovenian paddler Nina Bizjak picked up bronze medal in this race.
 
Giovanni de Gennaro (ITA) navigated through the course the smoothest in men’s kayak final. Slovenian favourite for the win Peter Kauzer, who was the fastest in Saturday’s heats, did not find the recipe to beat his time, so Kauzer finished the final in second position and Gelindo Chiarello from Switzerland was third.
 
In the last final of the day Urša Kragelj and Eva Terčelj brought double win to Slovenian team. Kragelj set the fastest time of all finalists in women’s K1. Despite two penalty seconds she was still one second faster than Eva Terčelj. Stefanie Horn (ITA) was third.
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