On Thursday 8 June 2023, the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup will return to Prague's Troja for the nineteenth time. Czech competitors together with the director of the organising committee of the World Cup Jiří Rohan and the head coach of the national team Jiří Prskavec Sr. met with media representatives at a traditional press conference at the Boutique Hotel Yalta. He believes in the success of the national team and the support of the fans from the start of the race on Thursday until Sunday.

Paddleride with the 100 years of the Czech Radio was traditionally taking place a weekend before the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague. On Sunday 4 June, almost 100 sport fans and 35 boats participated in this unique event starting from the Boathouse in Prague – Troja. Also Czech competitors including the silver Olympic medallist from Tokyo Lukáš Rohan did not miss the chance.

The current world champion from last year's Augsburg, Vít Přindiš, has a special motivation to compete this year. He will start the season symbolically again at the Eiskanal on German soil, but one of the highlights of the season will be the second of the World Cups in this year's series - at home in Prague-Troja next week. After last year's failure in the semi-finals, when he was knocked down by two penalty touches, one of the best kayakers in the world would like to shine in front of his fans and loved ones. The K1 women's and K1 men's categories will fight for medals on Friday afternoon. More than 390 boats from 45 countries will start in Troja, including a competitor from the Comoros Islands for the first time.

There are only two weeks left until the start of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague-Troja (8-11 June 2023). For the nineteenth time in the Czech history, sports fans will have the opportunity to meet their sports idols, Olympic champions and world champions, such as Czech superstar Jiří Prskavec, Lukáš Rohan, Vít Přindiš and Tereza Fišerová. Young and older alike will have an interesting accompanying program prepared, which starts already on Sunday, 4 June, with the Paddleride with 100 years of Czech Radio celebrations. TICKETS

The fourth race of the ČEZ Group Canoe Slalom Czech Cup decided the composition of the A team, which will represent the Czech colors at international events in this year's pre-Olympic season. Olympic kayak champion Jiří Prskavec made it to the national team in canoe slalom both on kayak and canoe. In Troja, which hosted the third and fourth nomination race, he won both his disciplines.

In a month, the Canoe Slalom World Cup starts in Prague – Troja (8-11 June 2023). One of the most popular sports event of the year returns to the Vltava River for the nineteenth time. The organising team, led by two-time Olympic medalist Jiří Rohan, invites all sports fans and families to support and cheer for not only the Czech representatives in the fight for a medal and a valuable points in the Olympic qualification. This year, the race program starts unusually on Thursday, 8 June.

The ticket sale starts on 12 May 2023 at 10:00AM. The tickets for a special price are available via TicketPortal: https://www.ticketportal.cz/event/2023-ICF-Canoe-Slalom-World-Cup

Less than two months remain until this year's start of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) canoe slalom series. The World Cup in Prague-Troja will start already on Thursday, June 8, and the races will culminate on Sunday, June 11.
Prague is thus traditionally following up on last year's successful event and a long-standing series of top-level races. The World Cup will be held in Prague-Troja for the nineteenth time.

The boat complex in Prague-Troja, like other sports venues, has its own specifics. Due to the 2023 Canoe Slalom World Cup, the Vodácká street in the section of the artificial canoe slalom course (canoeing area) will be completely closed for passing and driving.

The scheduled start of the tickets sale for this year´s Canoe Slalom World Cup In Prague is at the beginning of May. The organisers will inform about the ticket sale on the social media and on the web site.
Price in the pre-sale: 400 CZK/Friday, Saturday and Sunday, price on the spot 200 CZK/day.