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China hosted the 2019 ICF SUP World Championships and among the best were European competitors. German representatives won six medals (two gold medals, three silver medals and one bronze medal), France finished the championships with a total of three medals (two gold and one silver), Israel won eight medals, Hungary and Italy three each, Spain two, Greece five, and Czech Republic, Norway and Russia a medal each.

Participants competed in 18 kilometres long distance race, inflatable SUP 2500 metres race, 200 metres sprint race and 2500 metres long technical race. Among the SUP specialists we were also able to follow sprint and wildwater paddlers, such as Sebastian Brendel, Marton Kover, Andrey Kraitor, Kristina Bedec, Angel Kodinov, Ole Schwarz, Vid Oštrbenk …

 

RESULTS

Long Distance Open Men

1. Michael Booth AUS

2. Bruno Hasulyo HUN

3. Daniel Hasulyo HUN

 

Long Distance Open Women

1. Sonja Hönscheid GER

2. Olivia Piana FRA

3. Fiona Wylde USA

 

Long Distance Junior Men

1. Rai Taguchi JPN

2. Kei Komatsuyama JPN

3. Jack Seymour CAN

 

Long Distance Junior Women

1. Miu Kogai JPN

2. Brianna Orams NZL

3. Shujing Lau CHN

 

Inflatable SUP Men

1. Paolo Marconi ITA

2. Jonas Pauldrach GER

3. Martino Rogai ITA

 

Inflatable SUP Women

1. Noemi Horvath HUN

2. Esto Froimovici ISR

3. Anastacia Pavlova RUS

 

Sprint Junior Women

1. Hannah Krah GER

2. Shujing Lai CHN

3. Haoting Xu CHN

 

Sprint Junior Men

1. Kei Komatsuyama JPN

2. Rai Taguchi JPN

3. Guitong Ye CHN

 

Sprint Open Women

1. Olivia Piana FRA

2. Jessika Souza BRA

3. Tarryn King RSA

 

Sprint Open Men

1. Connor Baxter USA

2. Claudio Nika ITA

3. Arthur Santacreu BRA

 

Technical Junior Women

1. Brianna Orams NZL

2. Miu Kogai JPN

3. Kristyna Babiankova CZE

 

Technical Junior Men

1. Rai Taguchi JPN

2. Kei Komatsuyama JPN

3. Jack Seymour CAN

 

Technical Open Women

1. Olivia Piana FRA

2. Susak Molinero ESP

3. Fiona Wylde USA

 

Technical Open Men

1. Lincoln Dews AUS

2. Connor Baxter USA

3. Ty Judson AUS

 

Long Distance Master 40+ Men

1. Tamas Buday CAN

2. Zhenghua Zhou CHN

3. Yun Yan CHN

 

Long Distance Master 40+ Women

1. Takayo Yokoyama JPN

2. Panagiota Tsaoutou GRE

3. Esti Froimovici ISR

 

Long Distance Master 50+ Men

1. Ofir Ram ISR

2. Fithjof Sach GER

3. Svein Rassmussen NOR

 

Long Distance Master 50+ Women

1. Jie Tao CHN

2. Guije Jiang CHN

3. Evlampia Tsirou GRE

 

Sprint Master 40+ Women

1. Takayo Yokoyama JPN

2. Panagiota Tsaoutou GRE

3. Esti Froimovici ISR

 

Sprint Master 40+ Men

1. Ivan Pena ESP

2. Eran Kanias ISR

3. Hai Xin Sun CHN

 

Sprint Master 50+ Women

1. Jie Tao CHN

2. Evlampia Tsirou GRE

3. Guije Jiang CHN

 

Sprint Master 50+ Men

1. Martin Marinov AUS

2. Frithjof Sach GER

3. Ofir Ram ISR

 

Technical Master 40+ Women

1. Takayo Yokoyama JPN

2. Esti Froimovichi ISR

3. Panagiota Tsaoutou GRE

 

Technical Master 40+ Men

1. Americo Pinheiro BRA

2. Jian Xu CHN

3. Lei Shi CHN

 

Technical Master 50+ Women

1. Kristin Thomas USA

2. Jie Tao CHN

3. Guije Jiang CHN

 

Technical Master 50+ Men

1. Martin Marinov AUS

2. Ofir Ram ISR

3. Frithjof Sach GER

 

 

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