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Slalom

Precision and speed on the wild water

In Slalom Racing, paddlers have to navigate the kayak or canoe through pairs of poles, called "gates", set up over the challenging rapids, waves, eddies and currents on a 300m stretch of rough water. If the paddler touches one of the poles, or misses a gate altogether, penalty times are added to the time achieved by the competitor on that run. They are single kayak (K) events, for men and women, and canoe events, also for men and women, in single (C1) and double boats (C2). There are also team events.

This discipline made its appearance in the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 and then had to wait until 1992 to be reinstated to the Olympic programme.

DOCUMENTS can be found here.

ECA Competitions

2025 European Youth Olympic ...
July 21. - 24. 2025, Skopje, MKD
2025 ECA Junior Canoe Slalom ...
July 25. - 27. 2025, Krakow, POL
2025 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe ...
July 30. - August 3. 2025, Solkan, SLO
2025 ECA Open Canoe Slalom European ...
August 1. - 3. 2025, Bratislava, SVK
2025 ECA Junior Canoe Slalom ...
August 9. - 10. 2025, Bratislava, SVK
All competitions

NEWS

BULLETIN N. 2 – 2025 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships
BULLETIN N. 2 – 2025 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships

The 2025 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships will be held in Solkan, Slovenia, from 30th July to 3rd August 2025.

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French dominate in kayak cross of European Championships on their home course
French dominate in kayak cross of European Championships on their home course

The 2025 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships in Vaires-sur-Marne concluded with the kayak cross events, where the last four sets of medals were awarded. French paddler Camille Prigent claimed a double European Champion title, while Belgium's Gabriel de Coster and Czech athlete Jakub Krejci also climbed to the top of the podium.

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Jiri Prskavec wrote history at the 2025 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships
Jiri Prskavec wrote history at the 2025 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships

Saturday's programme at the 2025 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships on the Olympic course in Vaires-sur-Marne offered very intense and unforgettable battles, along with some surprises. In the kayak events, Olympic champions from Tokyo Ricarda Funk and Jiri Prskavec took the victories, while in canoe, Monica Doria and Miquel Trave won their first career European champion titles.

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