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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 second race in the Pyrenees Cup series and also the second race of the year 2023 that will count in the 2023 ECA Open Canoe Slalom European Cup series is scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday in La Seu d’Urgell, Spain.
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The 2023 ECA Open Canoe Slalom European Cup race in Ljubljana – Tacen will be organised on 22nd and 23rd April 2023. The race will also serve as the first two selection races for the Slovenian national team.
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The artificial channel in Pau hosted the Pyrenees Cup canoe slalom race, which is also the first race of the season 2023 that counts for the 2023 ECA Open Canoe Slalom European Cup. Spain took the wins in three out of four events thanks to Maialen Chourraut, David Llorente and Miquel Trave. Gabriela Satkova was the best in women’s canoe.
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