Renew: 22/07/2022 11:45
Issued by: 22/07/2022, 11:45
Augsburg (Germany) – Organizers of the World Water Slalom Championships in Augsburg managed to overcome the problem of water shortages in the canals, and Czech representatives have been preparing for the championship venue since Thursday. Olympic champion Jiří Prskavec will be one of the top favorites among kayakers, even though he is battling the flu a week before the start of the season’s highlight event. Last year’s title will be defended in Germany by canoeist Václav Chaloupka, and Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Lukáš Rohan will also be in attendance. Among the women, Tereza Fišerová will try to capitalize on the best form of the year, who will compete in canoe and kayak.
“I’m a little sick and I don’t feel really well. I believe that I will be able to rest after this week. It doesn’t limit me in any way in training, even if I am a little weaker. But I have to be at 100 per cent to race,” said Prskavec in a press release, who after the victory at Tacen leads the World Cup standings.
Chaloupka, on the other hand, is completely fit after health issues at the start of the season and hopes to retain gold in C1, which he won last year for the Czech canoe after 44 years. “I don’t feel any pressure from defence at all. I think the only pressure is on myself and that’s good, because I can work somehow with this pressure,” he said. “I’ve been training for two months since ME without a break. I’m happy about that, because my health bothered me at the start of the season. I believe that the form is now there and we will set the time for that. ideally for next weekend,” he added.
This year’s EC bronze medalist among female canoeers and winner of the SP race in Prague, Fišerová is looking to repeat her performance in Augsburg. “I want to perform like the European Championship or the World Cup in Prague, when I stand even under pressure and finish the race the way I want,” said Fišerová, who also finished second in kayaking at the WC in Krakow. This year.
Water slalom skiers will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their sport’s premiere at the Olympics in Munich in an unusual summer term for the world championships. The Czech slalom skier who took part in his debut in 1972 will also go to Augsburg. The WC will start on July 27 with a patrol competition.
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