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Dukátová winning the Semi-finals, Hilgertová passed tightly to the Finals

Flawless run of Slovakian favourite Jana Dukátová assured the victory for her with great time 105.62. She was followed by Austrian athlete Violetta Oblinger-Peters (108.95) and German Claudia Baer (109.58). Czech representative Irena Pavelková finished on 9th position. Štěpánka Hilgertová placed on the 10th position kept the audience nervous until the very last run of the semi-final race. But Austrian winner of the Heats Corinna Kuhnle fought too long with the stream in the upstream gate No. 19 and her time placed her on the 11th position at the end. So in the Finals starting at 14:00 you will see two Czech representatives. For complete results please use following link.

Finals will include two Czech athletes

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 4th position and participation in the Finals. From the 8th 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 22nd position.

Italian athlete Molmenti was far ahead of the others Hilgert took the silver medal

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Daniele Molmenti.
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.

Unfortunate “spraydeck mistake” of Dukátová, victory goes to Schornberg

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 5th 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.

 

Hochschorners winning the C2 semi-final

 

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Bratři Hochschornerové.

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 .