The 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.
VIDEO The first day in the canoe slalom World Cup Troja ended up being extraordinarily succesful for Czech canoeists – each one of them is going to participate in the semifinals in every single category. Except for canoe double, Czech paddlers always gave the lead to the qualification – Vavřinec Hradílek and Irena Pavlíková in kayak competition, and Kateřina Hošková and Stanislav Ježek in single canoes.
Men kayak turned out to be a continuation of the struggle between Vavřinec Hradílek (CZE) and the current world champion Daniele Molmenti (ITA). However, the Italian kayaker, who started as the last one thanks to his victory in the semifinal, wasn't able to overcome Hradílek's time (88.60) in the dramatic ending. Nonetheless, the difference was a mere 5 hundreths of a second. Thus, Vavřinec Hradílek will be given the gold medal, and Molmenti the silver one.
The bronze medal will belong to one of the best current kayakers Peter Kauzer (SLO), whose time 90.02 was good enough not only for the third place but even for the victory in the whole World Cup serie. The Czech kayaker Luboš Hilgert ended up on the fourth place with a time 90.19.
For the complete results of the K1M final click here.
Australian Rosalyn Lawrence was the best in the women canoe single final with a time 118.10. Thanks to that, she gained the over-all victory in the World Cup series as her strongest rival Leanne Guinea (AUS) ended up down sixth.
Kateřina Hošková (CZE), the leader of all the previous runs, crossed the finish line in the second fastest time 121.20. Caroline Loir (FRA) won the bronze medal.
See the complete results of the C1W final here.
Daniele Molmenti (ITA), current world champion, won the Men Kayak semifinal With a time 88.32 . The fastest man from the heats, Vavřinec Hradílek (CZE), was second on today course with a time 90.18 thanks to a safe run. The third fastest time clocked the promising young German kayaker Hannes Aigner.
Complete results of the K1M semifinal can be found here.
Eventually, Alexander Slafkovsky (SVK) gained the day in the single canoe men final. He clocked 94.85 and he's going to take the gold medal out of Troja. For only 8 hundreths slower was French kayaker Denis Chanut Gargaut. David Florence (GBR) holds the third position with a time 96.50.
Despite of the perfect results from the heats and semifinal the favoured Czech kayaker Stanislav Ježek obtained a penalty and ended up down on the fourth place. However, this position guaranteed him the victory in the overall ratings of this year World Cup serie, which ends right here in Troja.
Complete results of the C1M final can be found here.
Kateřina Hošková (CZE) performed a perfect run in single canoes women semifinal, by which she definitely confirmed her leader position she gained after heats. Even though she slowed down in the finishing straight, her time was undoubtedly the best (121.84). The second fastest time 125.47 belongs to British canoeist Mallory Franklin, the third position holds Qianqian Teng (CHN), who was only one tenth slower than Franklin.In the only semifinal runs of men single canoe Stanislav Ježek confirmed his favoured position by finishing in the fastest time 95.64. Zhiqiang Teng (CHN) also had a really good run, his time had been the best until Ježek'r run. Only one hundreth slower was David Florence (GBR) .
See the complete results here.
The relevant links can be found here. ČT4 will broadcast live today and tomorrow, when there are semifinals and finals of women kayak and double canoes taking place.