Slovakian competitors hold both, first and secon place from the K1W final that had a dramatic ending. Elena Kaliska (on the picture), a really experienced kayaker, won the gold medal with the best time 105.59. Jana Dukátová won the silver medal (time 106.04, 2 seconds penalty), thanks to which she gained even this year victory in the World Cup serie. Surprisingly, the bronze medal belong to the Russian canoeist Marta Khariton, who finished the course in 106.71 seconds. However, the winner of the semifinal runs, Claudia Baer lost the medal for a mere nine hundredths of a second.

The second day of the Canoe Slalom World Cup in Troja was enriched by the gold run of the kayaker Vavřinec Hradílek. To mention other really successful Czech canoeists: Kateřina Hošková gained the silver medal, albeit down fourth, Stanislav Ježek's place attached him the over-all victory in this year World Cup as this is the last race of the whole serie.

VIDEO  The first day in the canoe slalom World Cup Troja ended up being extraordinarily succesful for Czech canoeists – each one of them is going to participate in the semifinals in every single category. Except for canoe double, Czech paddlers always gave the lead to the qualification – Vavřinec Hradílek and Irena Pavlíková in kayak competition, and Kateřina Hošková and Stanislav Ježek in single canoes.

Men kayak turned out to be a continuation of the struggle between Vavřinec Hradílek (CZE) and the current world champion Daniele Molmenti (ITA). However, the Italian kayaker, who started as the last one thanks to his victory in the semifinal, wasn't able to overcome Hradílek's time (88.60) in the dramatic ending. Nonetheless, the difference was a mere 5 hundreths of a second. Thus, Vavřinec Hradílek will be given the gold medal, and Molmenti the silver one.

Australian Rosalyn Lawrence was the best in the women canoe single final with a time 118.10. Thanks to that, she gained the over-all victory in the World Cup series as her strongest rival Leanne Guinea (AUS) ended up down sixth.

 

Kateřina Hošková (CZE), the leader of all the previous runs, crossed the finish line in the second fastest time 121.20. Caroline Loir (FRA) won the bronze medal.

Daniele Molmenti (ITA), current world champion, won the Men Kayak semifinal With a time 88.32 . The fastest man from the heats, Vavřinec Hradílek (CZE), was second on today course with a time 90.18 thanks to a safe run. The third fastest time clocked the promising young German kayaker Hannes Aigner.

Complete results of the K1M semifinal can be found here.

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.

Kateřina 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.