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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.
This weekend, Slovenian capital city Ljubljana and its Kayak Centre Tacen will host very strong international competition ECA I Feel Slovenia Tacen 2024 European Open Canoe Slalom Cup, which attracted more than 230 competitors from 19 countries. The competition weekend will bring the first selection race for the Slovenian canoe slalom national team as well as for some other nations.
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At the age of 41 Spanish canoe slalom paddler Maialen Chourraut continues with her excellent performances. One of the most successful canoe slalom paddlers in history is competing very well at the Spanish Olympic selections and is looking strong to qualify for her fifth Olympics.
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Huningue, a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of France and a northern suburb of the Swiss city of Basel, which also borders Germany, hosted the ICF World Ranking race which also counted for the 2024 ECA Open Canoe Slalom European Cup series. Two wins of the weekend went to Germany, one to Czechia and one to the host organisers – Switzerland.
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