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The day featured intense heats races, with several boats already booking places in the finals set for Saturday and Sunday.

 

In the prestigious K4 500 metres events, six men’s and six women’s teams have already secured spots in the A finals. In the men’s category, the fastest time of the day came from the German quartet of Max Rendschmidt, Max Lemke, Jacob Schopf and Anton Winkelmann. Joining them in the final will be teams from Hungary, Spain, Czechia, Poland and Denmark. In the women’s K4, the Hungarian team of Sara Fojt, Noemi Pupp, Laura Ujfalvi and Emese Kohalmi set the best time. They will compete for the European title against Spain, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Serbia, and the three fastest teams from Friday’s semifinal.

 

The day began with the men’s C1 1000 metres heats, where home favourite and Olympic champion Martin Fuksa won the second heat. Romania’s Catalin Chirila was fastest in the first. Also advancing to the final were Wiktor Glazunov (POL), Stefanos Dimopoulos (GRE), Serghei Tarnovschi (MDA), and David Bauschke (GER).

 

While the top three in each C1 heat advanced to the final, qualification in the men’s K1 1000 metres was much tougher, as only heat winners progressed. These were Balint Kopasz (HUN), Fernando Pimenta (POR), and Martin Nathell (SWE). Pimenta led the fastest heat of the day. Based on overall times, Denmark’s Thorbjorn Rask and Czechia’s Josef Dostal had the second and third fastest times respectively, but both will need to race in Friday’s semifinals to reach the final.

 

In the women’s K1 1000 metres, six paddlers already secured places in the A final: Zsoka Csikos (HUN), Estella Damm (GER), Laura Pedruelo (ESP), Melina Andersson (SWE), Anna Sletsjoee (NOR), and Pauline Freslon (FRA).

 

In the women’s C1 200 metres, Ukraine’s Liudmyla Luzan was the fastest. Also advancing to the final are Viktoriia Yarchevska (ESP), Denisa Rahova (CZE), Dorota Borowska (POL), Beatriz Fernandes (POR), and Vanesa Tot (CRO).

 

The top performers in the men’s C1 200 metres heats were Pablo Grana (ESP), Jonatan Hajdu (HUN), and Antonin Hrabal (CZE). Also heading to the final are Oleksii Kolidaych (POL), Oleg Tarnovschi (MDA), and Andrii Rybachok (UKR).

 

In the women’s K1 200 metres, Slovenia’s Anja Osterman posted the best heat time, followed by Milica Novakovic (SRB), who won the second heat, and Lucrezia Zironi (ITA). The final will also feature Julia Lagerstam (SWE), Ivanna Dyachenko (UKR), and Julia Olszewska (POL). The defending European champion from 2024, Hungary’s Anna Lucz, finished fourth in her heat and will have to go through the semifinals.

 

In the men’s K1 200 metres, the fastest qualifiers were Messias Baptista (POR), Kolos Csizmadia (HUN), and Strahinja Dragosavljevic (SRB). Also reaching the final were Arturas Seja (LTU), Gunnar Eide (NOR), and Carlos Arevalo (ESP).

 

Canoeists Fuksa and Chirila also comfortably reached the final in the C1 500 metres event. Joining them will be Daniel Fejes (HUN), Serghei Tarnovschi (MDA), Mattia Alfonsi (ITA), and Conrad Scheibner (GER).

 

In the women’s K1 500 metres, six paddlers progressed to the final from two heats: Zsoka Csikos (HUN), Hermien Peters (BEL), Anna Pulawska (POL), Milica Novakovic (SRB), Selma Konijn (NED), and Julia Lagerstam (SWE).

 

In the men’s K1 500 metres, only heat winners advanced: Adam Varga (HUN), Joao Ribeiro (POR), and Samuel Balaz (SVK). The remaining athletes will compete in the semifinals.

 

In the men’s C2 500 metres, the following crews secured final berths: Grijalba – Sieiro (ESP), Sprincean – Nuta (ROU), Kitewski – Zezula (POL), Kollar – Juhasz (HUN), Casadei – Tacchini (ITA), and Bange – Toepel (GER).

 

Among the women’s K2 500 metres crews, the following pairs advanced: Paszek – Jagsch (GER), Medved – Osterman (SLO), Konijn – Vorsselman (NED), Klatt – Pulawska (POL), Kiss – Lucz (HUN), and Hostens – Paoletti (FRA).

 

The last event of the day was the men’s K2 500 metres heats. The fastest time came from the Polish pair Borucki – Vichev, who dominated the first heat. Also advancing from that heat were Vjestica – Dragosavljevic (SRB) and Kurucz – Opavszky (HUN). In the second heat, Schopf – Lemke (GER), Maldonis – Olejnik (LTU), and Spicar – Havel (CZE) secured their places in the final.

 

Friday will be dedicated to the semifinals.