The winner of the World Championships in Prague is canoeist Lukáš Rohan.
Kateřina Šulová, ČTK
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Twenty-six-year-old European vice-champion from last year Rohan left behind 24-seconds of pure two-time world champion David Florence from Britain, the third ended with one touch Slovenian Benjamin Savšek, who won the European Championship in Prague last year. Rohan waited a long time in the finish for the race to develop, because after the eighth place in the semifinals, he started as the third in the order.
Although he did not repeat the clean ride, he flashed clearly the best time of day. Paradoxically, the touch in the first goal benefited him. “I thought I was really a trumpet. I think it helped me that it actually fell out of me. I drove something more than I had planned, and it all worked out for me, I honestly don’t even know how. And thanks to that, this is an incredible time, “he said with a gold medal around his neck.
The son of the successful deblist and head of the organizers of the Prague race, Jiří Rohan, has not yet received a medal from the cup series. His maximum was sixth place. He was attuned to the continuation of the Olympic season, which he began as a participant in the Tokyo Games in May in 13th place at the European Championships in Ivree, where he defended silver from Troja.
Olympian Fišerová started the slalom season with bronze
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Fišerová was defeated in Prague by the German Andrea Herzogová and the sovereign winner Jessica Foxová from Australia, who was the only one of the ten finalists to cross the track cleanly. The Czech national team made one touch, as did Herzog.
She set off on the track thanks to her second place in the semifinals as the penultimate and still had to wait for the performance of the British Mallory Franklin. The world champion from 2017 also scored a “poke” and finished fourth with a loss of 81 hundredths to the Czech vice-champion of Europe. Fischer was pleasantly surprised that she ended up in front of her.
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“When I arrived, I thought it would be a potato, because Mallory is a great racer. So I didn’t really hope it could work out. But it worked out and the feelings that are coming now are incredibly beautiful,” she rejoiced. se.
She didn’t even think she could jeopardize Sovereign Fox’s time. “I saw that when I went to the start and I said to myself, ‘This is a completely different league. So congratulations to the girl on the gold,'” the seven-time world canoe and kayak champion remarked for the final ride.
Other Czechs did not make it to the finals today. Vojtěch Heger, Václav Chaloupka and Gabriela and Martin Satkova were eliminated in the semifinals.
In the early evening, Czech boaters added two more medals in extreme slalom. Přindiš followed up on the recent European title. He acted confidently in the final. After the start, he pushed into the leading position to the first goal and then passed to all opponents. “The final race today was quite pleasant, because the boys fought there. I had a lot more worries in the semifinals, when Joe Clarke attacked me a lot,” said Přindiš. He enjoys the additional discipline that will be part of the Olympic program from Paris in 2024. “I thought I’d try to ride it this year. I like the boat we’re riding on because it’s a lot like the slalom. It’s not as clumsy, big as it used to be. It’s quite fun,” he added.
The 2017 kayak world champion Tunka did not make it to the national team in the intense domestic competition, but he got a chance in extreme slalom. He turned her into third place. “It’s a nice diversion, but of course I’m sorry when I only watch slalom races from the shore,” he said. Next week he will represent at the World Championships in Leipzig and in the traditional race, because Olympian Jiří Prskavec will miss this race. “I’m really looking forward to it there and I hope to show something nice there.”
| World Championships in water slalom in Prague: |
| Men: |
| C1: |
| 1. Rohan (CZE) 97.20 (2 penalty seconds) |
| 2. Florence (Brit.) -0,24 (0) |
| 3. Savsek (Slovenian) -2.60 (2) |
| … |
| in the semifinals |
| 15. Heger |
| 28. cottage (both CR) |
| Women: |
| C1: |
| 1. Fox (Austr.) 105.15 (0) |
| 2. Herzogová (DEU) -4.83 (2) |
| 3. Fiserova -5.61 (2) |
| … |
| in the semifinals |
| 16. G. Satková |
| 22. M. Satková (all CR) |
| 16:03 finals extreme slalom K1 men and K1 women. |
| Extreme slalom: |
| Men: |
| K1: |
| 1. Come on (CR) |
| 2. Butcher (NZL) |
| 3. Tunka |
| … |
| Hradilek (both CR) – eliminated in the quarterfinals |
| Women: |
| K1: |
| 1. Kuhnleová (AUT) |
| 2. Pennieová (Brit.) |
| 3. Krylovová (RUS) |
| … |
| Fišerová – eliminated in the quarterfinals |
| Nesnídalová |
| A. Hilgert (all CR) – eliminated in the 1st round |
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