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Jana Dukatova from Slovak won the semi-final run of K1 women in the ICF Slalom World Championships 2006 in Prague-Troja. Second fastest time among 40 racers had Pennie from Great Britan and the third place after the first final run belongs to Elena Kaliska from Slovak.

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.

The complete results of C2M can be found here.

Slovakian 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.

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.

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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