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2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Men's C1

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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    Czech Republic
silver medal    Slovakia
bronze medal    Germany
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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]

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

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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

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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

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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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 17 Václav Chaloupka  Czech Republic 90.86 0 26 91.12 2 7 93.63 4 6 92.02 0 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Alexander Slafkovský  Slovakia 83.96 0 1 - 92.75 2 3 92.17 2 2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  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.