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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, the Kayak Centre Tacen is hosting a major international competition – the I Feel Slovenia Canoe Slalom Cup Tacen 2025. The event counts as the fifth race of the ECA Open Canoe Slalom European Cup series and also as an ICF World Ranking Race. On Saturday, Slovenian paddlers Eva Alina Hočevar and Žiga Lin Hočevar claimed victories in the canoe events, while kayak titles went to Italy thanks to Stefanie Horn and Xabier Ferrazzi.
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This weekend, on 26 and 27 April, the Kayak Centre Tacen will host the strong international I Feel Slovenia Canoe Slalom Cup, which will serve as an ECA European Cup and will also count toward the ICF World Ranking points. Competitors from 17 countries will take on the rapids of the Sava River.
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Krakow hosted the Krakow Mayor’s Cup today, which served as the fourth race in this year's ECA Open Canoe Slalom European Cup series. All the victories remained in the hands of Polish athletes.
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