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.
Thank you to all fans, organising commitee, volunteers and all partners, who helped with the organisation of this year´s 2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague - Troja. We are already looking forward to the next edition, which is the start of the World Cup 2023 in similar date 9-11 June 2023. See you in Prague!
The Extreme slalom CSLX races closed the three-day Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague - Troja. 32 men and 32 women always took part in the start in fours, from each race the two fastest competitors always passed. They had to go through several gates and finally make an Eskimo.
Sunday's C1 races in Prague - Troja immediately brought triple medal joy to the Czech competitors. Tereza Fišerová won the gold in the women's category, and Martina Satková accompanied her on the podium with the bronze. The Slovenian Luka Božič reigned among the men, Lukáš Rohan takes the bronze.
During Saturday afternoon in Prague's Troja (June 11), the full stands were watching the thrilling final runs of the world best kayakers. In the end, the Olympic champion Jiří Prskavec finished just below the podium, with Slovenian Peter Kauzer winning. Tereza Fišerová survived her kayak premiere, short of one bronze medal due to one penalty touch. Even with a mistake, the sovereign Jessica Fox won and gave herself a gold present on her 28th birthday.