Vit Prindis - the winner of the 2nd World Cup in Seu (ESP)

SPSeo PrindisLa Seu d'Urgell, Spain – Czech kayak school shows its strenght. In the second race of 2016 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Seu came after almost perfect final run on top of the podium Vit Prindis. He scored the first World Cup win of his career. In addition, Ondrej Tunka and Lubos Hilgert, who were not at home even nominated for top 3 athletes to represent Czech Republic, appeared also in the Final! Vitezslav Gebas added bronz medal in C1M.

First World Cup first gold medal for Michal Jane

SPIvrea JaneThe first race of 2016 World Cup series in Italian Ivrea started with a success for Czech canoeists Michal Jane. Michal didn't made Czech Canoe Slalom Team this year. He was racing in Ivrea only as a substitute for our olympian Vitezslav Gebas.
In K1M Giovanni De Gennaro and Daniele Molmenti stole the show in Ivrea as the Italian pair got a one-two in the K1M at the premiere 2016 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup of the season. In the new discipline SlalomX won kayaker
Vavrinec Hradilek and Vit Prindis took silver.

 

The last day in Troja - Slovakian won a gold and a silver, Koplík and Vrzáň won a silver in the C2M

VrzanKoplikFinal runs of women kayak and double canoe men ended today ended the races in Troja, the last part of this year Canoe slalom World Cup serie. In C2M (double canoe men) won the Slovenian team Sašo Taljat and Luka Božic. Czech crew Tomáš Koplík and Jakub Vrzáň (on the picture) gained the silver medal, which was important mainly for winning the third place in the whole World cup serie.

Slovakian definitely triumphed in women kayak competition since the experienced Elena Kaliská speeded for gold and Jana Dukátová for silver. This enlisted her the World Cup trophy as well. It was a bad luck day for Czech participants though. None of them got into the final. The most promising hopes, Štěpánka Hilgertová and Irena Pavelková, had six seconds penalty, which was way too much to allow oneselves in the semifinal.

 

A gold medal to a Slovenian crew, a silver solace to Czech fans

Final results from the canoe double men final do not correspond that much with those of semifinal. The winners of the semifinal, David Schroeder and Frank Henze ended up tenth due to both, a slow run and especially missing one gate. Czech crew Tomáš Koplík a Jakub Vrzáň, that wasn't as promising as Czech hopes for winning in the K1W category, actually won the silver medal, by which they cheered up a bit disappointed spectators. Slovenian team Sašo Tatjat a Luka Božic however won the final with the fastest time 100.86. Even though they started as the second crew, they were faster than a Czech pair for more than two seconds. We could have seen the third man of canoe race David Florence winning his second bronze in Troja with his colleague Richard Hounslow. They finished in a time 103.34. The over-all winners of this year World Cup serie are Peter and Pavol Hochschornerovi (SVK). Even though they didn't get into the final, excellent results from the previous races guaranteed them this victory.

The complete results of C2M can be found here.


Slovakian kayakers won gold and silver medal. Dukatova won the World Cup trophy

KaliskaElenSlovakian competitors hold both, first and secon place from the K1W final that had a dramatic ending. Elena Kaliska (on the picture), a really experienced kayaker, won the gold medal with the best time 105.59. Jana Dukátová won the silver medal (time 106.04, 2 seconds penalty), thanks to which she gained even this year victory in the World Cup serie. Surprisingly, the bronze medal belong to the Russian canoeist Marta Khariton, who finished the course in 106.71 seconds. However, the winner of the semifinal runs, Claudia Baer lost the medal for a mere nine hundredths of a second.

The world champion Corinna Kuhnle touched the gate three times (she got the first penalty to no avail after the first gate). The six seconds penalty placed her to the eighth place.

See the complete results of the K1W final here.

Crew Schroeder-Henze won the C2M semifinal, favoured Hochschorners didn't make it to the final

 

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David Schröder, Frank Henze

German pair David Schroeder and Frank Henze performed quite a forcible run in the canoe double men semifinal. Their time was 102.38. Russian crew Mikhail Kuznetsov and Dmitriy Larionov occupies the second position with a time 103.16. The third position is held by a Czech canoeists Tomáš Koplík a Jakub Vrzáň thanks to the time 104.51. One huge surprise was brought by the world champions brothers Hochschorners (SVK), who missed the gate and therefore, they will not take part in the final. Their national team colleagues cousins Škantárs, the winners of the heats, finished on the sixth place. It's a pitty that another Czech crew Václav Hradílek a Štěpán Sehnal holds the eleventh position and thus they will not participate in the final.

 

You can find the complete results of the C2M semifinal here.

Baer won the K1W semifinal, there will be no Czech competitors in the final

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Corinna Kühnle

Claudia Baer (GER) was the fastest kayaker in the single kayak women semifinal with a time 104.06. Dana Mann (SVK) follows her with the second fastest time 104.17. The world champion Corinna Künhle (AUT) placed herself on the third position by crossing the finish line in a time 104.19. She was actually the fastest, however she touched one gate which cost her the first position.

 

See the complete results of the K1W semifinal.

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The second day in Troja – gold to Hradílek, World Cup trophy to Ježek

HradilekVav2The second day of the Canoe Slalom World Cup in Troja was enriched by the gold run of the kayaker Vavřinec Hradílek. To mention other really successful Czech canoeists: Kateřina Hošková gained the silver medal, albeit down fourth, Stanislav Ježek's place attached him the over-all victory in this year World Cup as this is the last race of the whole serie.