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The 52^nd edition of Fulda Race was on the programme this weekend, and Saturday’s sprint race counted as the second ECA Wildwater Sprint Canoeing European Cup race, where athletes from seven countries were on the start line. Majority of the top positions were won by German and Swiss paddlers.

 

In senior men’s kayak event Swiss paddler Cornel Bretscher took the win ahead of his teammate Luis Clavadetscher, who was 0.05 seconds behind. Marcel Blum from Germany was third. In the U18 men’s kayak event Germans Nicolas Niederle Gomez and Paul Denhof were first and second respectively, while Belgium’s representative Jules Van Nieuwenhove took third position.

 

In women’s senior kayak event two German representatives took the top two podium positions. Luisa Puttkammer won ahead of Sophia Schmidt, while Mona Clavadetscher finished third. In junior race Juli Faass (GER) and Lisbeth Antons (GER) took double win for Germany, and Mia Schlappi (SUI) was third.

 

Jonah Mueller (SUI) produced the fastest time in men’s canoe sprint event, and won ahead of German canoeist Normen Weber who was 0.33 seconds behind. Croatian representative Janko Presecki was third.

 

Presecki joined forces in men’s C2 event with Tomislav Hohnjec and Croatian duo won the race ahead of two German crews Bene Scholz – Dennis John and Artur Mietsch – Joscha Bruggemann.

Competitions in Fulda were also held in U16, U14, U12, master events. The full results of the race are available below.

 

After two ECA Wildwater Sprint Canoeing European Cup races the overall standings are as follows.

SENIOR

MK1

1. Ivo Lamers NED

2. Aleksandar Zlatarov MKD

3. Ljubomir Spasikj MKD

 

WK1

1. Luisa Puttkammer GER

2. Molly Sonderrcock GBR

3. Kerry Christie GBR

 

MC1

1. Mathis Perreau FRA

2. Jonah Mueller SUI

3. Quentin Dazeur FRA

 

WC1

1. Molly Sandercock GBR

2. Camille Rousson FRA

3. Kerry Christie GBR

 

MC2

1. Thomas Gaud – Nouredine Zerouga FRA

2. Janko Presecki – Tomislav Hohnjec CRO

3. Thibaut Collignon – Paul Bornet FRA

 

WC2

1. Kerry Christie – Emma Christie GBR

2. Iona Patrick – Laura Milne GBR

3. Clotilde Mette – Clara Norguet FRA

 

JUNIOR

MK1

1. Kristijan Lazarov MKD

2. Veljko Čolić SRB

3. Louis Pages FRA

 

WK1

1. Iona Patrick GBR

2. Juli Faass GER

3. Luna Lloret Linares FRA

 

MC1

1. Noa Nikiema – Schwarz FRA

2. Julien Tassoltti FRA

3. Tom Flouvant FRA

 

WC1

1. Carole Huiban – Descoffre FRA

2. Prune Rousseau FRA

3. Yaelle Bidault FRA

 

MC2

1. Ethan Renaud – Ilann Courage FRA

2. Loig Le Guennec – Nolann Fidon FRA

3. Thomas Ciekala – Simon Aubouin FRA