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Slalom World Cup in Augsburg
This month was one of the hardest but also one of the best in my life.
Saturday was another hot day in Augsburg. Who ever could, he just jumped to the river of Lach just to refresh himself and get some energy to watch the semifinals of C2, C1 women and K1 men in the morning and finals in the afternoon.
In C2 category Olympic winners Hochschorners finished at the 10th place after semifinals, but one touch of Polish boat Piotr Szczepanski and Marcin Pochwala was cancelled and they got to finals and Hochschorners moved to 11th place.
Winners of semifinals was British boat Timothy Baillie and Etienne Stott, second finished Slovaks Ladislav and Peter Škantár and third German boat Marcus Becker and Stefan Henze. In C2 finals another German boat David Schroeder and Frank Henze performed a really fast run and also with a 2 second penalty they won gold medal. Silver medal went to France by Fabien Lefevre and Denis Gargaud and bronze medal went to Timothy Baillie and Etienne Stott from Great Britain. Last weekend winners from La Seu, Ladislav and Peter Škantár, finished at fourth place.
C2 Men Results
1st Schroeder-Henze GER 116.68 2
2nd Lefevre-Gargaud FRA 116.74 0
3rd Baillie-Stott GBR 117.95 0
C1 women semifinal won Jana Dukátová from Slovakia, silver from La Seu, followed by Nanqin Cen from China and third finished Leanne Guinea from Australia. In finals was only big change at the podium stand was that Jana Dukatová won’t get any medal. Chinese girl Nanqin Cen made a really nice run with no penalties and won a gold medal. It was the only clean run of the final. Another Chinese paddler Lu Li was the only one in final who had 50-second penalties and finished last. Silver medal won Leanne Guinea from Australia and bronze medal Kateřina Hošková from Czech Republic.
C1 Women Results
1st Nanqin Cen CHN 142.75 0
2nd Leanne Guinea AUS 150.72 6
3rd Kateřina Hošková CZE 150.79 4
Final of K1 men was an exhibition of German athletes. They took all 3 medals. Hannes Aigner showed already in Seu he is doing well and won gold medal today. Silver medal won Alexander Grimm and bronze medal Paul Boeckelmann. Fourth German boat Sebastian Schubert finished at 7th place. Peter Kauzer had a really fast run, time would be for gold, but thanks to one touch he finished at 4th place. Double winner from last World Cups Daniele Molmenti finished at 5th place and became this years World Cup winner.
K1 Men Results
1st Hannes Aigner GER 98.91 0
2nd Alexander Grimm GER 100.12 0
3rd Paul Boeckelmann GER 100.19 0
Sunday race started at 11.00 with the K1 women semi-finals. From five German paddlers, three made it to finals; Jennifer Bongardt, Jasmin Schornberg and Claudia Baer with the fastest run of the day. In La Seu last weekend there was no German boat in finals, in Augsburg they showed how they are good at their home-course. Spanish paddler Maialen Chourraut finished second and Jana Dukátová from Slovakia third.
In C1 men semi-final we could see how the Slovak paddlers are fast and hard to beat. With the best run Matej Beňuš won semifinals, Alexander Slafkovský finished third and Michal Martikán fourth. The only canoeist who got between them was Sideris Tasiadis from Germany who finished second. Good form showed also Japanese Takuya Haneda, who got again in the finals after the last weekend. Another German boats, Anton Franz and Jan Benzien didn’t make it to finals. Final runs started at 14.30. The runs in category K1 women were much worse than in semifinals with slower times up to 3 seconds. There were no clean run of any paddler, girls made too many touches. With the best run gold medal won home athlete Jennifer Bongardt from Germany, silver medal won Jana Dukátová from Slovakia and bronze medal went to Elizabeth Neave from Great Britain.
K1 Women Results
1st Jennifer Bongardt GER 114.97 2
2nd Jana Dukatova SVK 115.09 2
3rd Elizabeth Neave GBR 117.29 2 L
ast class on the programme was C1 men finals. Again the Germans were fast and got two medals from three. Nico Bettge won the gold medal and bronze medal won Sideris Tasiadis. As on the World Cup in Seu, silver medal won Tony Estanguet from France. Slovaks didn’t have as good runs as in semifinals and the last starting in finals, Matej Beňuš, after an eskimo roll in gate 15 lost his chance to fight for the medal.
C1 Men Results
1st Nico Bettge GER 104.69 0
2nd Tony Estanguet FRA 105.77 0
3rd Tasiadis Sideris GER 106.27 0
Article by canoeslalomnews.com
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