Canadian John Hastings became the winner of the Semi-finals with the time 94:34 followed by the winner of the Heats, German athlete Alexander Grimm who was only four hundreds of second slower. The best time was performed by last – year´s winner of the World Cup Ranking, Peter Kauzer from Slovenia (94.57). The start list of the Finals includes also Daniele Molmenti from Italia and the Olympic winner from Athens, representative of Greece Benoit Peschier as well as the top British athlete Campbell Walsh.

Quite surprising has been the result of Luboš Hilgert 94.68, that brought him 4^th position and participation in the Finals. From the 8^th position, Vavřinec Hradílek passed to the Finals. Vít Přindiš, the 3rd Czech representative participating in the Semi-finals, unfortunately made a mistake on the second gate and finished on the 22^nd position.

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.

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 5^th 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.

 

(VIDEO) Videos of runs of nearly all participants.

Live broadcasting on Czech TV chanell 4. Link in the article.

 

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 .

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).

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 5^th 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.

 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.

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.