Sunday's race (28 April)  in Prague's Troja concluded the national selection for the national team in canoe slalom. Kayaker Kateřina Beková will experience her debut in the elite team. The participation in the Olympic Games will be decided by the European Championships in Tacen, Slovenia. At the moment, the only certainty of participation in the Summer Olympic Games is held by Jiří Prskavec in the K1M category. With banks filled with fans, sunny weather, nervousness at the start, and joy at the finish line, the fourth race of the ČEZ Group Canoe Slalom Czech Cup is now history. The results determined the complete composition of the national team, extending the battle for the Olympic Games to the European Championship in Tacen for nine Czech boats.

Excitement is building in anticipation of the pinnacle event of canoe slalom, drawing closer to the iconic banks of the Vltava River. The ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup returns to Prague - Troja for the twentieth time, representing one of the biggest sporting events of the year. From 6th to 9th June  2024, Troja's artificial slalom course will host a wild battle for triumph among the greatest stars of this exhilarating sport.

Prague – the epicenter of canoe slalom

Prague, a city with a rich history and a passion for sports, once again becomes the epicenter of canoe slalom. The World Cup in canoe slalom returns to Prague – Troja for the twentieth time, transforming the capital of the Czech Republic into the stage for one of the biggest sporting events of the year. From Thursday to Sunday, 6th to 9th June 2024, Troja will witness a fierce competition on its artificial slalom course among the greatest stars of this thrilling sport, setting the stage for the upcoming Olympic showdown in Paris. Spectators now have the opportunity to purchase tickets from the comfort of their homes.

The four-day stop of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague-Troja culminated on Sunday, 11 June, with an attractive new Olympic event kayak cross. In the men's section, the Swiss Dimitri Marx won supremely, and the British Kimberley Woods won among the women. Tereza Fišerová continued her medal success in this discipline and won silver in front of her home fans. The best of the Czech kayakers, Vít Přindiš, finished in the quarterfinals.

Saturday (June 10) in Prague's Troja belonged to the C1 competitions. The Czech fans could enjoy another medal, when Gabriela Satková won the bronze. Silver in the women's race went to Monica Doria Vilarrubla of Andorra, and the second gold from Prague goes to Australian Jessica Fox, who will celebrate her 29th birthday tomorrow. The Czech trio did not succeed in the final of the men's category. Slovenian Benjamin Savšek celebrates the gold, silver goes to Slovak Matej Beňuš and the bronze to France thanks to Jules Bernardet.

In the early evening of Friday (9 June), the K1 men and women finals ended the competition day in Prague - Troja. Among the men, all Czech boats made it to the final, and in the end the home team took the top two places. Jiří Prskavec defeated the rest of the starting field in a breath-taking final, Vít Přindiš won the silver, and the bronze goes to Italy thanks to Giovanni De Gennaro. Australian Jessica Fox rules in the women´s category, second is Ricarda Funk from Germany and third place goes to Mallory Franklin of Great Britain.

The World Cup in Prague-Troja offered the qualification of male and female canoeists in the Friday morning program (9). The best qualification runs belonged to the French competitors Marjorie Delassus and Lucas Roisin. Just like yesterday, all six Czech boats advanced from the qualification.

The opening of the Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague - Troja (8-11 June 2023) was a hundred percent success for the Czech representatives. Kayaker Jiří Prskavec is heading to Friday's semi-finals from the first place in the qualification, Jakub Krejčí took sixth place and Vít Přindiš took eleventh place. Among the women, Tereza Fišerová finished fifth, Antonie Galušková from fourteenth place and Amálie Hilgertová as 18th advanced to the semi-finals. Already tomorrow, six Czech competitors will be fighting for medals.

The ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague - Troja 2023 (8-11 June 2023) is a second race of the ICF series and it starts this Thursday 8 June from 14:00 with the K1 women and men category. It is already the 19th World Cup organised in Prague - Troja. In the start lists, we can see the Olympic and world champions like Jiří Prskavec, Lukáš Rohan and actual world champion Vít Přindiš.

The day before the start of the World Cup race in Prague – Troja (June 8-11, 2023), the competitors received their starting numbers from a representative of the city management at the mayor's residence. On Wednesday, June 7, they welcomed Jessica Fox, Petr Kauzer, Jiří Prskavec, Ricarda Funk, Vít Přindiš, Lukáš Rohan, Amália Hilgertová, Tereza Fišerová and other stars to the festive reception.