Slafkovsky won C1M final, Ježek ended up down fourth, but still won the World Cup serie

Eventually, Alexander Slafkovsky (SVK) gained the day in the single canoe men final. He clocked 94.85 and he's going to take the gold medal out of Troja. For only 8 hundreths slower was French kayaker Denis Chanut Gargaut. David Florence (GBR) holds the third position with a time 96.50.

Despite of the perfect results from the heats and semifinal the favoured Czech kayaker Stanislav Ježek obtained a penalty and ended up down on the fourth place. However, this position guaranteed him the victory in the overall ratings of this year World Cup serie, which ends right here in Troja.

Complete results of the C1M final can be found here.

Hošková faultless even in semifinal

HoskovaKatKateřina Hošková (CZE) performed a perfect run in single canoes women semifinal, by which she definitely confirmed her leader position she gained after heats. Even though she slowed down in the finishing straight, her time was undoubtedly the best (121.84). The second fastest time 125.47 belongs to British canoeist Mallory Franklin, the third position holds Qianqian Teng (CHN), who was only one tenth slower than Franklin.
The complete results of women single canoes can be found here.

Semifinal and final live broadcast

Todays semifinal and final runs of single canoe men and women, and kayakers is available to watch online in the live tv sport channel ČT4. You can watch it not only on tv, but even through the internet broadcast.

The relevant links can be found here. ČT4 will broadcast live today and tomorrow, when there are semifinals and finals of women kayak and double canoes taking place.

Live stream of semifinal and final

Live stream will be ready for Saturday for semifinal and final and chat will be prepared for you too. You will have a chance to listen to the originally commentary from Prague - Troja. Watch final ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup 2011 here.

Live Stream

Watch the live internet stream of ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup from Prague. The stream will start on Saturday at 9:00 AM (CET+1). Live chat will be also prepared for you. We suggest to all to come to Troja to watch and cheer live.

Best K1M heates by Hradílek, Hilgert, and Kauzer

Similarly to women qualification, the best time from the first round remained unexceeded. Thus, the first place belongs to Vavřinec Hradílek. He himself cooled down and let spectators enjoy his race. However, Luboš Hilgert improved his time and got himself onto the second place with a time 84.70. Peter Kauzer also showed he's in form here by improving his time to 84.91. Due to this time, Czech kayaker Jiří Prskavec had been shelved onto the fourth position (time 85.24).

 

Here you can find the complete results of K1M qualification. 

There will be forty semifinalists competing tomorrow morning, the best of them will take part in finals tomorrow afternoon.

 No celebrity will be missing in the semifinals – the world champion Danielle Molmenti (ITA), the winner of the olympic games in Beijing Alexander Grimm (GER), not even the Schwitzerland kayaker Michael Kurt, who missed the gate in his first heat.

 

The second heats of K1W didn't change the first position

The leading time 97.39 achieved by Ireny Pavelkové (CZE) from the first heats wasn't overcome in the second heats. Melanie Pfeifer (GER), third after the first qualification races, displaced Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE) to the third position, as she improved to 98.28 in the latter half of the qualification. On the contrary, Štěpánka Hilgertová was a bit slower, altogether with two touches it was 104.47 in the second race for her. Claudia Baer (GER) established herself as the fourth fastest woman kayaker in the qualification by not going over 100 seconds (99.44). Then there's a favoured Jana Dukátová (SVK) on the fifth position with a time from her first heat 100.25.

You can find the complete K1W heats results includind both runs here.

Czech kayaker Hradílek splendidly surpassed his rivals

Vavřinec Hradílek, a Czech kayaker, finished his race in more then four seconds earlier than other competitors in the first heat K1M. Peter Kauzer from Slovenia with 86.46 and Sebasten Schubert from Germany with 86.73 were the closest to his time 82.43. 

See the complete results here. The latter qualification K1M race starts at 5.30 p.m.

 

Pavelková won the first kayak single women (K1W) heats

Irena Pavelková (CZE) presented herself with faultless, consummate ride. She was the first to overcome the one hundred second limit with a time 97.39. After her, the only one that reached this limit was Štěpánka Hilgertové (CZE) with a time 99.29. The third place occupies Melanie Pfeifer(GER), who clocked 100.24. Favoured Jana Dukátová (SVK) ended up just one hundreth after the German competiter.

 See the complete results here.

 Another Czech contestant that definitely should be mentioned thanks to her appealing achievement, is Eva Ornstová. Though mounted as 40th she placed herself among the 12 fastest women competitors with a time 102.88 (that includes the two seconds penalty).

 Second runs of K1W will take place at 4.30 p.m.