FOTO The race is starting on Friday, but start numbers were given to the biggest leaders on Wednesday by Mayor of the City of Prague Bohuslav Svoboda and head og organization committee Jiri Rohan. The gala banquet was taking place in the residence of the Mayor.

A look at Thursday's course preparations for the 2011 World Cup in Prague .

VIDEO Peter Kauzer is leader of World Cup standings, Vavrinec Hradilek is on the fourth place and he is very strong in Prague - Troja every year. Who will be the winner of category K1M? Why should you visit the race? And what's the difference between slalom course in London and in Prague - Troja?

Online Internet TV broadcast of the live feed from the Semifinal and Final runs from 2011 Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague (Czech republic). The feed is also available later on demand.

Invitation for the final race of ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague. Don't forget - next weekend, starting heats on Friday 12th August. Come to Troja to support paddlers from your favorite country. And no worry, you don't need to wear lifejacket on the bank in Prague Troja :-)

Online Internet TV broadcast of the live feed from the Semifinal and Final runs from 2010 Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague (Czech republic). The feed is also available later on demand.

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Flawless run of Slovakian favourite Jana Dukátová assured the victory for her with great time 105.62. She was followed by Austrian athlete Violetta Oblinger-Peters (108.95) and German Claudia Baer (109.58). Czech representative Irena Pavelková finished on 9th position. Štěpánka Hilgertová placed on the 10th position kept the audience nervous until the very last run of the semi-final race. But Austrian winner of the Heats Corinna Kuhnle fought too long with the stream in the upstream gate No. 19 and her time placed her on the 11th position at the end. So in the Finals starting at 14:00 you will see two Czech representatives. For complete results please use following link.

Canadian John Hastings became the winner of the Semi-finals with the time 94:34 followed by the winner of the Heats, German athlete Alexander Grimm who was only four hundreds of second slower. The best time was performed by last – year´s winner of the World Cup Ranking, Peter Kauzer from Slovenia (94.57). The start list of the Finals includes also Daniele Molmenti from Italia and the Olympic winner from Athens, representative of Greece Benoit Peschier as well as the top British athlete Campbell Walsh.

Quite surprising has been the result of Luboš Hilgert 94.68, that brought him 4^th position and participation in the Finals. From the 8^th position, Vavřinec Hradílek passed to the Finals. Vít Přindiš, the 3rd Czech representative participating in the Semi-finals, unfortunately made a mistake on the second gate and finished on the 22^nd position.