Italian athlete Molmenti was far ahead of the others Hilgert took the silver medal

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Daniele Molmenti.
Kajakář Daniele Molmenti nenašel konkurenci. Zajel vůbec nejlepší čas trati, kterému se nikdo nepřiblížil nejen ve finále, ale ani v semifinále – 92.62. Luboš Hilgert, který překvapil v semifinále, udržel dobrou formu a vybojoval ve finále druhou pozici (94.02). Třetí skončil poslední muž semifinále, Švýcar Michael Kurt (94.68). Ostatní kajakáři ve špičkově obsazeném závodě chybovali, čímž ztratili naději na medaile. Jeden dotek odsunul na čtvrté místo Němce Alexandra Grimma (96.47) a dva doteky na šesté místo slovinského favorita Petera Kauzera (96.97), který jinak zajel nejlepší čas po Molmentim. Vavřinec Hradílek dojel čtvrtý (96.82). Kompletní výsledky zde.

Unfortunate “spraydeck mistake” of Dukátová, victory goes to Schornberg

Incredible mistake caused by loose spraydeck took the success away from the favourite Jana Dukátová, the clear winner of the Semi-finals. German athlete Jasmin Schornbergová with time 109.05 took the lead, leaving the second place for Fiona Pennie (109.16) from UK with just minimum time difference. Štěpánka Hilgertová (109.79) won the bronze medal after the very dramatic race full of mistakes of the other competitors. Irena Pavelková finished on 5th position. Jana Dukátová got to the finish line strongly supported by audience despite the substantial amount of water that got into her boat making it hard to coordinate as it was almost sinking.

 

Hochschorners winning the C2 semi-final

 

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Bratři Hochschornerové.

Hochschorner brothers from Slovakia have confirmed their status of favourites reaching the 105.63 time in the semi-final race. Second place has been taken by Czechs Volf and Štěpánek with time difference of three second (108.75), strongly supported by Czech audience. They have improved their position substantially as they finished on the eighteenth position in the Heats. Third best result has been achieved by Germans Becker-Henze with time 109.95 followed by Brits Baillie-Stott (110.46). For the complete results please use the following link .

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Ladies canoe got overruled by Chinese

Ladies´ canoe category brought a great surprise. The first and the second place took Chinese athletes Nangin Cen (129.86) and Qianqian Teng (137.03). Jessica Fox, who had been sovereign before, missed the gate despite an excellent first part. The third position in the Finals full of Eskimo rolls goes to Katarína Macová (141.53).

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Jane celebrates victory

Czech representative Michal Jáně, who went to the course as second paddler wasn´t beaten throughout the whole race. His time 98.69 remained the fastest even after the run of Stanislav Ježek, the winner of the semi-finals, who finished at the 5th position at the end. Slovenian Benjamin Savšek (100.10) who became second in the World Cup Ranking in 2009, took the silver, and European Champion from 2008 Alexander Slafkovský (100.36), bronze position.

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The first run of K1M was dominated by Alexander Grimm

The first run of category K1M finished too. The best time was reached by
 Alexander Grimm from Germany - 79.50s, followed by the winner of World Cup Series 2009 Peter Kauzer from Slovenia(79.93). The third was Czech kayaker Vavřinec Hradílek (80.74s). The second run of this category is beginning at 17.21. As in all categories only the better time is counted to the final results. Only 40 athletes will have chance to compete in Sunday's semifinal race.

Kayaker Grimm was better in the second run


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Vavřinec Hradílek
Representative of Germany Alexander Grimm, who reached time 79.50s in the first run and in the second time he was even faster - 79.19s, goes from the first place to the Sunday's semifinal. The second best time -79.42 s - belongs to Dariusz Popiela from Poland. The third place is occupied by two excellent kayakers - Daniele Molmenti from Italy and winner of World Cup Series 2009 Peter Kauzer from Slovenia, who reached the same time 79.70s.

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Brothers Pavol and Peter Hochschorner dominated the category C2

The qualifiction of C2 men was dominated by brother's couple Pavol and Peter Hochschorner from Slovakia, who won the last three Olympic Games and are multiple World and European Champions. They reached time 90.15s and go to tommorow's semifinal.The second was British couple Baillie-Stott with time 92.06s, the third were German representatives Becker a Henze with time 92.21s. All of the Czech couples successfully passed this race and we can seen and support them in tommorrow's race, in which best 20 couples will start. The detailed results are here.

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Chinese surprise in C2 category

Without two touches made in the Finals no one would have beaten Hochschorner brothers. Despite the penalisation, they finished on the second position loosing on 33 hundreds of second against Chinese Hu a Shu, who were clean reaching the time 108.05. Bronze medal goes to Polish boat Szczepanski-Pochwala (108.70). Shocking can be called the mistake of Volf and Štěpánek (second in the semi-finals) who finished on the last position in the Finals.

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