Friday qualifications were started by canoeists including three home representatives Tomas Rak, Vitezslav Gebas and Lukas Rohan. The race dominated the Swiss paddler Thomas Koechlin in time of 92.48s, silver medal holder from Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro Matej Beňuš finished second as he gained a two-second penalty, and third place went to Czech Tomas Rak.
Official program of the 2016 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup started with the canoeists on Friday 2 September. You will find the race information on these links.
The program of this year's ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague - Troja started with qualifications in the latest discipline kayak cross on Thursday, which made its debut in the World Cup on this June in Italy, Ivrea.
Already the fourth stop of the 2016 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup starts on this Friday (2 Sep) on the artificial slalom course in Prague - Troja. The event is held under the auspices of Mrs. Mayor of the City of Prague Adriana Krnáčová.
Unique sport event ČEZ Prague Riverside Cross is coming back to Prague citycenter. 3rd edition of the event is going to be held on 30th August 2016 on the river Vltava next to the Dancing house.
Paddleride on the Vltava River is back after a year! Do not miss this special chance to see the Czech capital from unique places. It will happen on Monday 29th August, in Prague. We bring all the necessary information here. Boats could also be rented.
Czech waiting for a medal at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro lasted six days. Eventually, it came with the man from whom the placement in the top three was expected. It was in the K1 men category - Jiri Prskavec who is a reigning world champion was one of the main medal candidates.
La Seu d'Urgell - 2nd World Cup was the only WC race where Czech olympian Katerina Kudejova appeared in this year befor the Olympics. In the finals,as well as in the semi-finals she scored fourth place. C2 paddlers Karlovský/Jane finished sixth.
La Seu d'Urgell, Spain – Czech kayak school shows its strenght. In the second race of 2016 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Seu came after almost perfect final run on top of the podium Vit Prindis. He scored the first World Cup win of his career. In addition, Ondrej Tunka and Lubos Hilgert, who were not at home even nominated for top 3 athletes to represent Czech Republic, appeared also in the Final! Vitezslav Gebas added bronz medal in C1M.
The first race of 2016 World Cup series in Italian Ivrea started with a success for Czech canoeists Michal Jane. Michal didn't made Czech Canoe Slalom Team this year. He was racing in Ivrea only as a substitute for our olympian Vitezslav Gebas.
In K1M Giovanni De Gennaro and Daniele Molmenti stole the show in Ivrea as the Italian pair got a one-two in the K1M at the premiere 2016 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup of the season. In the new discipline SlalomX won kayaker Vavrinec Hradilek and Vit Prindis took silver.
For information about ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 2013 visit www.slalomtroja.cz