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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.
On the last day of the 2024 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships in Krakow Slovenian team won four medals, three of them siblings Ziga Lin and Eva Alina Hocevar. Two gold medals went to France and one to Czechia, Spain and Germany respectively.
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Poland, host nation of the 2024 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships, has a new hero. Young kayaker Hanna Danek won in women's junior kayak final and was crowned European Champion at her home course in Krakow. French team won two gold medals and Great Britain one on Saturday.
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The season 2024 brought a novelty at Canoe Slalom European Championships and a new medal event in kayak cross. What used to be known as time trials is now kayak cross individual race and athletes are not only fighting for their place among the top 16 and advancement to the elimination phase, but also for the medals. The first Junior and U23 individual kayak cross European Champions in history are Leo Vuitton, Martin Cornu, Lois Leaver and Klara Mrazkova.
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