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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.
Pau hosted the second race in the Pyrenees Cup race series, and this canoe slalom and kayak cross race also counted as the second race in the 2024 ECA Open Canoe Slalom European Cup race series. British paddler Mallory Franklin recorded two wins, while the other first places stayed in the hands of French paddlers.
Read moreThe 2024 ECA Canoe Slalom European Cup series started this weekend with first race of the year. The first race was a part of the Pyrenees Cup held in La Seu d’Urgell. Spanish canoe slalom paddlers took all podium positions in canoe slalom, while wins in kayak cross went to Great Britain and Andorra.
Read moreThe 2024 edition of the ECA Canoe Slalom European Cup series will start this weekend in Spain, in La Seu d’Urgell, where the first Pyrenees Cup will be held this Saturday and Sunday. Organisers expect athletes from almost 20 countries.
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