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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.
An exciting weekend of racing at the 2021 ECA European Open Canoe Slalom Cup in Ljubljana - Tacen brought joy to Nadine Weratschnig, Giovanni De Gennaro, Matija Marinić and Eva Terčelj, who took the wins in their respective events.
Read moreThe first competition day of the ECA European Open Canoe Slalom Cup in Ljubljana - Tacen is over and the favourites did not have much trouble advancing to the semifinals which will be held on Sunday. Martina Satkova, Martin Srabotnik, Benjamin Savšek and Ajda Novak are the winners of the heats in their respective events.
Read moreWe are live from Ljubljana - Tacen at the ECA European Open Canoe Slalom Cup. Follow live action at https://www.youtube.com/CanoeEurope. Live results are available here: https://siwidata.com/canoe123/live?SessionKey=slocanoe.2021041700
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