The fight for a spot on the Czech national canoe slalom team kicks off this weekend, April 26–27, at the Trnávka course near Želiv. The opening two races of the ČEZ Group Czech Cup will determine the first rankings, but the decisive moments will come a week later in Prague–Troja, May 3–4.
According to head coach Jiří Prskavec Sr., the 2025 selection could bring a few surprises.
Jiří Prskavec, Lukáš Rohan, Antonie Galušková, Gabriela Satková – names that resonate with every true sports fan. After an Olympic year, Czech canoe slalom athletes are once again aiming for top international medals, and the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague – Troja is set to be one of the season’s highlights. One week before the start of the Czech national team trials on Trnávka, ticket sales officially begin. This year, tickets will be available exclusively online.
The 2025 Canoe Slalom World Cup, which will take place in Prague’s Troja (June 27–29), attracts not only local fans but also the world’s top paddlers. The nomination of the Czech team for the Kayak Cross, which will once again be held alongside the canoe slalom races in Troja, is now clear. Who will fight for the valuable medals on the home course?
Even after the Paris Olympics, canoe slalom athletes will not get a break in the 2025 season. In addition to the Canoe Slalom World Cup, which will visit Prague's Troja at the end of June, they will fight for their first international medals in May at the ECA European Championships on the Olympic course in France. The World Championships will conclude the long season, this time in the highly attractive Australia – the home of the current biggest star of canoe slalom, Jessica Fox.
The four-day stop of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague-Troja culminated on Sunday, 11 June, with an attractive new Olympic event kayak cross. In the men's section, the Swiss Dimitri Marx won supremely, and the British Kimberley Woods won among the women. Tereza Fišerová continued her medal success in this discipline and won silver in front of her home fans. The best of the Czech kayakers, Vít Přindiš, finished in the quarterfinals.
Saturday (June 10) in Prague's Troja belonged to the C1 competitions. The Czech fans could enjoy another medal, when Gabriela Satková won the bronze. Silver in the women's race went to Monica Doria Vilarrubla of Andorra, and the second gold from Prague goes to Australian Jessica Fox, who will celebrate her 29th birthday tomorrow. The Czech trio did not succeed in the final of the men's category. Slovenian Benjamin Savšek celebrates the gold, silver goes to Slovak Matej Beňuš and the bronze to France thanks to Jules Bernardet.
In the early evening of Friday (9 June), the K1 men and women finals ended the competition day in Prague - Troja. Among the men, all Czech boats made it to the final, and in the end the home team took the top two places. Jiří Prskavec defeated the rest of the starting field in a breath-taking final, Vít Přindiš won the silver, and the bronze goes to Italy thanks to Giovanni De Gennaro. Australian Jessica Fox rules in the women´s category, second is Ricarda Funk from Germany and third place goes to Mallory Franklin of Great Britain.
The World Cup in Prague-Troja offered the qualification of male and female canoeists in the Friday morning program (9). The best qualification runs belonged to the French competitors Marjorie Delassus and Lucas Roisin. Just like yesterday, all six Czech boats advanced from the qualification.
The opening of the Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague - Troja (8-11 June 2023) was a hundred percent success for the Czech representatives. Kayaker Jiří Prskavec is heading to Friday's semi-finals from the first place in the qualification, Jakub Krejčí took sixth place and Vít Přindiš took eleventh place. Among the women, Tereza Fišerová finished fifth, Antonie Galušková from fourteenth place and Amálie Hilgertová as 18th advanced to the semi-finals. Already tomorrow, six Czech competitors will be fighting for medals.
The ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague - Troja 2023 (8-11 June 2023) is a second race of the ICF series and it starts this Thursday 8 June from 14:00 with the K1 women and men category. It is already the 19th World Cup organised in Prague - Troja. In the start lists, we can see the Olympic and world champions like Jiří Prskavec, Lukáš Rohan and actual world champion Vít Přindiš.