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2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Men's C1

The Men's C1 at the 2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships took place on 23 and 26 September 2021 at the Čunovo Water Sports Centre in Bratislava.[1] It was the 41st edition of the event, and 53 athletes from 27 nations competed.[2]

Men's C1
at the 2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
VenueČunovo Water Sports Centre
LocationBratislava, Slovakia
Dates23–26 September 2021
Competitors53 from 27 nations
Medalists
gold medal Václav Chaloupka   Czech Republic
silver medal Alexander Slafkovský   Slovakia
bronze medal Franz Anton   Germany
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The event was won by Václav Chaloupka of the Czech Republic, competing in his first World Championships. Slovak Alexander Slafkovský won silver, matching his position from 2013 and 2017, whilst 2018 World Champion Franz Anton won bronze.[3]

Background edit

Reigning World Champion Cédric Joly did not have the opportunity to defend his title won in La Seu d'Urgell in 2019, after he missed out on domestic selection.[4] World No. 1 and Tokyo bronze-medallist Sideris Tasiadis also didn't compete. Benjamin Savšek entered the event as Olympic Champion and had the opportunity to become the first male to become World and Olympic Champion in the same calendar year.[5] Frenchman Denis Gargaud Chanut came into the event having won two World Cup rounds en route to his first overall World Cup title. Gargaud Chanut also won the European Championships this year and the 2011 World Championships on this course.[6][7] Host nation Slovakia also fielded a strong team, with World No. 2 Alexander Slafkovský and No. 4 Matej Beňuš.[8]

Competition format edit

The Men's C1 event in canoe slalom uses a three-round format with heats, a semifinal and final. Athletes complete up to two runs in the heats. In the first heat, the 20 fastest men qualify automatically for the semifinal, whilst the rest complete another run in the repêchage second heat for a further 10 qualification positions. The final rank of non-qualifying athletes is determined by their second run score. Athletes start in the reverse order of their heats position in the semifinal and complete a single run, with the top 10 advancing to the final. The athlete with the best time in the single-run final is awarded gold.[9]

Penalties of 2 or 50 seconds are incurred for infractions such as missing a gate, touching a gate, or not negotiating gates in numerical order. A team may request up to one review of a penalty per boat in the heats or semifinals phases, with no enquiries considered in the finals.[9]

Schedule edit

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Thursday, 23 September 2021
15:48 Heats Run 1
17:28 Heats Run 2
Sunday, 26 September 2021
10:08 Semifinal
12:10 Final

Results edit

Home favourite Alexander Slafkovský topped the first heat with a clean 83.96, more than 2 seconds clear of next best Olympic Champion Benjamin Savšek.[10] Pole Kacper Sztuba won the second heat, 3.03 off Slafkovský's first run time. Martin Thomas and Raffaello Ivaldi were the two highest ranked athletes to miss out on the semifinal. 26 of the 30 who progressed to the semifinal did so with a penalty-free run.

Savšek finished fastest in the semifinal with a time of 91.18, ahead of 2018 World Champion Franz Anton and Slafkovský.

Václav Chaloupka became the 2021 C1M World Champion with a clean run of 92.02, the first to become both Senior and U23 World Champion in this event. Slafkovský won silver, just 0.15 seconds behind Chaloupka due to a touch on the penultimate gate, whilst Anton won bronze. Savšek appeared set to win the event before a mistake at the bottom of the course which incurred him a 50-second penalty.

Penalties are included in the time shown. The fastest time in each round is shown in bold.

Rank Bib Canoeist Nation Heats Semifinal[11] Final[12]
Run 1[13] Run 2[14]
Time Pen. Order Time Pen. Order Time Pen. Order Time Pen. Order
  17 Václav Chaloupka   Czech Republic 90.86 0 26 91.12 2 7 93.63 4 6 92.02 0 1
  1 Alexander Slafkovský   Slovakia 83.96 0 1 - 92.75 2 3 92.17 2 2
  2 Franz Anton   Germany 88.32 0 16 - 91.66 0 2 94.10 2 3
4 19 Nicolas Gestin   France 88.04 0 12 - 94.44 4 7 94.81 4 4
5 7 Denis Gargaud Chanut   France 88.21 0 15 - 93.11 0 4 94.84 4 5
6 13 Ander Elosegi   Spain 88.37 2 17 - 93.56 2 5 95.17 2 6
7 16 Lukáš Rohan   Czech Republic 87.52 0 9 - 95.87 6 10 99.15 0 7
8 8 Adam Burgess   Great Britain 89.92 2 24 88.85 0 3 95.60 0 9 105.96 2 8
9 5 Benjamin Savšek   Slovenia 86.30 0 2 - 91.18 2 1 141.31 50 9
10 3 Matej Beňuš   Slovakia 88.07 0 13 - 95.57 2 8 141.97 50 10
11 6 David Florence   Great Britain 86.57 0 3 - 96.58 2 11 did not advance
12 10 Miquel Travé   Spain 90.57 2 25 87.49 0 2 97.09 6 12
13 26 Zachary Lokken   USA 89.58 0 19 - 97.19 4 13
14 28 Luis Fernández   Spain 87.15 0 7 - 97.39 4 14
15 23 Kirill Setkin   RCF 93.02 2 35 88.97 0 4 97.80 0 15
16 27 Flavio Micozzi   Italy 87.71 0 10 - 98.85 0 16
17 24 Matija Marinić   Croatia 86.91 0 5 - 100.08 2 17
18 14 Roberto Colazingari   Italy 89.34 0 18 - 101.19 6 18
19 12 Grzegorz Hedwig   Poland 88.11 0 14 - 101.22 4 19
20 34 Nikolai Shkliaruk   RCF 93.11 2 36 91.65 2 9 101.41 2 20
21 38 Joris Otten   Netherlands 92.35 0 31 89.71 0 5 101.76 6 21
22 25 Liam Jegou   Ireland 91.17 2 28 90.68 0 6 102.35 6 22
23 21 Kacper Sztuba   Poland 89.60 0 21 86.99 0 1 109.69 4 23
24 20 Thomas Koechlin    Switzerland 86.98 0 6 - 142.40 50 24
25 22 Vojtěch Heger   Czech Republic 87.98 0 11 - 142.43 50 25
26 18 Casey Eichfeld   USA 89.59 2 20 - 145.56 50 26
27 4 Luka Božič   Slovenia 86.80 0 4 - 148.76 56 27
28 30 Jean-Pierre Bourhis   Senegal 89.70 0 22 91.69 0 10 149.20 52 28
29 36 Peter Linksted   Great Britain 91.47 0 29 91.22 0 8 151.42 52 29
30 9 Marko Mirgorodský   Slovakia 87.50 0 8 - 256.22 156 30
31 32 Dmitrii Khramtsov   RCF 92.37 2 32 91.74 2 11 did not advance
32 31 Jake Cochrane   Ireland 146.87 54 46 92.68 2 12
33 29 Timo Trummer   Germany 92.83 0 33 94.91 2 13
34 33 Felipe Borges   Brazil 95.28 0 38 95.59 2 14
35 42 Nathaniel Francis   USA 100.05 2 39 95.84 2 15
36 35 Klemen Vidmar   Slovenia 145.83 50 45 96.19 0 16
37 48 Abubakir Bukanov   Uzbekistan 105.26 2 40 97.57 2 17
38 15 Raffaello Ivaldi   Italy 91.99 0 30 97.80 4 18
39 39 Michal Wiercioch   Poland 92.96 0 34 98.55 2 19
40 45 Alex Baldoni   Canada 94.85 2 37 98.78 2 20
41 40 Kaua Da Silva   Brazil 105.35 6 41 100.41 4 21
42 41 Shota Saito   Japan 161.71 54 49 102.98 0 22
43 47 Alibek Temirgaliev   Uzbekistan 105.79 2 42 104.29 0 23
44 43 Aurimas Kuodis   Lithuania 153.32 6 48 132.46 12 24
45 52 Rimantas Pumputis   Lithuania 150.28 4 47 135.17 12 25
46 11 Martin Thomas   France 89.77 0 23 144.78 52 26
47 37 Kaylen Bassett   Australia 91.06 2 27 144.84 54 27
48 46 Ricardo Fentanes   Mexico 168.99 10 50 149.32 14 28
49 44 Wu Jung-Cheng   Chinese Taipei 125.37 4 43 165.47 50 29
50 50 Samuel Muturi   Kenya 171.07 12 51 167.81 10 30
51 49 Ismoilbek Abdumanapov   Uzbekistan 224.96 106 52 180.23 54 31
52 51 Grigorios Komninos   Greece 130.37 8 44 209.54 60 32
53 53 Matteo-Alexander Olar   Romania 245.28 110 53 225.19 60 33

References edit

  1. ^ "France ends Slovakia canoe dominance". ICF Media. September 22, 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Men's Canoe - Heats Run 1 Start List" (PDF). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Young guns upstage C1 rivals". ICF Media. September 26, 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Men's C1 results (La Seu 2019)" (PDF). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Results (Tokyo Final)" (PDF). Olympics (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  6. ^ "2021 World Cup Final Ranking" (PDF). CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Will slalom history be made in Bratislava?". ICF Media. September 21, 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  8. ^ "ICF Canoe Slalom World Rankings". Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  9. ^ a b "ICF Canoe Slalom Competition Rules 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  10. ^ "It takes more than a car crash to bring Woods down". ICF Media. September 23, 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Men's Canoe - Semifinal Results List" (PDF). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Men's Canoe - Final Results List" (PDF). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Men's Canoe - Heats Run 1 Results List" (PDF). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Men's Canoe - Heats Run 2 Results List" (PDF). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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