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Skopje hosts first canoeing European Championships of the season 2017

Skopje hosts first canoeing European Championships of the season 2017 6.5.2017

Next week the season of European Championships in canoeing kicks off with the 2017 ECA Wildwater Canoeing European Championships in Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Competitors will fight for the medals between Thursday and Sunday on two rivers. Classic events will be held in the city centre of Skopje on the Vardar River, while sprint events will take place in a picturesque Matka Canyon on the River Treska.


Representatives from the host nation as well as from Germany, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Great Britain, Croatia, Switzerland, Slovakia, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Hungary are expected to start at the 2017 ECA Wildwater Canoeing European Championships. Among the participants will be majority of the defending champions and medallists from the previous ECA Wildwater Canoeing European Championships which was held in Banja Luka in 2015 – Andreas Heilinger, Nejc Žnidarčič, Normen Weber ... and also Matej Benuš, Slovakian canoeist who won a silver medal in canoe slalom event last year at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
 
The organising team is satisfied with the work they have done in preparation of one of the biggest canoeing events in this country. Skopje recently hosted ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships and in the past decade senior ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships as well. They are grateful both to the government as well as the city of Skopje for their support in preparations of the event. President of the country Gjorge Ivanov is also Honorary president of the organising committee. Following some political unrest in Skopje in previous weeks the organising team has been reassured there are no major incidents anticipated during the competitions days, so everything should go according to plans.
 
“We expect to organise a good event which is very important for the development of this sport in our country and in the Balkans. The wildwater canoeing in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia rose to a higher level two years ago thanks to the team which was built within our federation and thanks to Ljubomir Spasikj who is our best wildwater paddler.  I expect even a higher level of our sport after the championships and I hope we will attract more children to this sport. Canoe Federation of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has organised many canoeing competitions, which brought also tourists to our country and Skopje. And this is also one of our goals – promotion of the country,” said Atanas Nikolovski, sports director of the federation and technical organiser of the upcoming European Championships.
 
Opening ceremony of the championships will be organised on Wednesday, 10 May. The first medals will be awarded on Thursday when competitors will fight for individual European Champion titles in classic wildwater canoeing event. A day later team events in classic race will take place. On Saturday and Sunday the competition will move from the city centre to the Matka Canyon for the sprint events (individual events on Saturday and team events on Sunday).

 

Official event website: http://www.eca2017-ww.canoe.mk/

Results will be published on the official event website and live results will be available here: http://siwihome.azurewebsites.net/canoe123/live?SessionKey=kosta.20170511 

 

CHAMPIONSHIPS PROGRAMME

Wednesday, 10/05/2017

19:00 Opening Ceremony

Thursday, 11/05/2017

Wildwater Canoeing Individual Classic Race (Vardar River)

14:00 C1M, K1W, K1M

16:00 C1W, C2M, C2W

Friday, 12/05/2017

Wildwater Canoeing Team Classic Race (Vardar River)

14:00 3xC1M, 3xK1W, 3xK1M

16:00 3xC1W, 3xC2M, 3xC2W

Saturday, 13/05/2017

Wildwater Canoeing Individual Sprint Race (Treska River)

11:00 Heats & Finals C1M, K1W, K1M

14:00 Heats & Finals C1W, C2M, C2W

Sunday, 14/05/2017

Wildwater Canoeing Team Sprint Race (Treska River)

11:00 3xC1M, 3xK1W, 3xK1M

14:00 3xC1W, 3xC2M, 3xC2W

 

 

2015 ECA WILDWATER CANOEING EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS MEDALLISTS

 

 

WILDWATER CANOEING SPRINT EVENTS

K1M
1. Nejc Žnidarčič SLO
2. Richard Hala CZE
3. Paul Graton FRA

K1M Team event
1. Slovenia
2. Germany
3. Czech Republic

C1M
1. Normen Weber GER
2. Ondrej Rolenc CZE
3. Quentin Dazeur FRA

C1M Team event
1. Czech Republic
2. Germany
3. Croatia

K1W
1. Costanza Bonaccorsi ITA
2. Manon Hostens FRA
3. Chantal Abgottspon SUI

K1W Team event
1. France
2. Germany
3. Italy

C1W
1. Claire Haab FRA
2. Valentina Razzauti ITA
3. Radka Valikova CZE

C1W Team event
1. Italy
2. Czech Republic
3. France

C2M
1. Blaž Cof – Simon Hočevar SLO
2. Tony Debray – Louis Lapointe FRA
3. Luka Žganjar – Peter Žnidaršič SLO

C2M Team event
1. France
2. Germany
3. Czech Republic

 

WILDWATER CANOEING CLASSIC EVENTS

K1M
1. Andreas Heilinger GER
2. Tobias Bong GER
3. Nejc Žnidarčič SLO

K1M Team event
1. Germany
2. Czech Republic
3. Slovenia

C1M
1. Emil Milihram CRO
2. Normen Weber GER
3. Stephane Santamaria FRA

C1M Team event
1. Germany
2. Czech Republic
3. France

K1W
1. Alke Overbeck GER
2. Manuela Stoeberl GER
3. Sabine Eichenberger SUI

K1W Team event
1. Germany
2. France
3. Italy

C1W
1. Radka Valikova CZE
2. Sabine Eichenberger SUI
3. Anežka Paloudova CZE

C1W Team event
1. Italy
2. Czech Republic
3. France

C2M
1. Matthias Nies – Dominik Pesch GER
2. Tony Debray – Louis Lapointe FRA
3. Rene Bruecker – Normen Weber GER

C2M Team event
1. Germany
2. Czech Republic
3. France

 

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