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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.
The 2019 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships in Liptovsky Mikulaš, Slovakia, concluded with four individual finals in women's C1 U23 and Junior event as well as in men's kayak U23 and Junior events. It was a day to remember for Delassus family. First Marjorie Delassus claimed European Champion title in women's C1 and in the last final of the day Anatole Delassus picked up gold medal in men's junior K1 event.
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Czech canoe slalom team continued excellent performances at the ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships which have started on Friday with seven out of possible eight medals in team events. On Saturday four individual finals were held and Czech competitors won two European champion titles thanks to Tereza Fišerova and Katerina Bekova. The remaining two gold medals of the day will go to France with Nicolas Gestin and Yohann Senechault.
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The first sets of medals have been awarded at the 2019 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships in Liptovsky Mikulaš, Slovakia. It has been an excellent afternoon for the Czech team. Their team took the medals in every team race but one at the course in Liptovsky Mikulaš.
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