2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Men's C1 explained

Event:Men's C1
Competition:2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
Venue:Čunovo Water Sports Centre
Location:Bratislava, Slovakia
Dates:23–26 September 2021
Competitors:53
Nations:27
Gold:Václav Chaloupka
Silver:Alexander Slafkovský
Bronze:Franz Anton
Gold Nation:CZE
Silver Nation:SVK
Bronze Nation:GER
Next:2022

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

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

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

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

DateTimeRound
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

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.

RankBibCanoeistNationHeatsSemifinal[11] Final[12]
Run 1[13] Run 2[14]
TimeOrderTimeOrderTimeOrderTimeOrder
17 90.86 0 2691.12 2793.63 4692.02 0 1
1 83.96 0 1 - 92.75 2 3 92.17 2 2
2 88.32 0 16 - 91.66 0 2 94.10 2 3
4 19 Nicolas Gestin88.04 012- 94.44 4 7 94.81 4 4
5 7 88.21 0 15- 93.11 0 4 94.84 4 5
6 13 88.37 2 17- 93.56 2 5 95.17 26
7 16 87.52 0 9- 95.87 6 10 99.15 0 7
8 8 89.9222488.850395.60 0 9105.96 2 8
9 5 86.30 02- 91.18 2 1 141.31 50 9
10 3 88.07 0 13- 95.57 2 8 141.97 50 10
11 6 86.57 0 3- 96.58 2 11 did not advance
1210 90.5722587.490297.09 6 12
13 26 89.58 0 19- 97.19 4 13
14 28 87.150 7- 97.39 4 14
1523 Kirill Setkin93.02 235 88.970497.80 0 15
1627 87.71 0 10- 98.85 0 16
1724 86.91 0 5- 100.08 2 17
1814 89.34 0 18- 101.19 6 18
1912 88.11 0 14 - 101.22 4 19
20 34 93.11 2 36 91.65 2 9101.41 2 20
2138 Joris Otten 92.35 0 31 89.7105101.76 621
2225 Liam Jegou91.17228 90.6806102.35 622
23 21 89.60 0 21 86.99 0 1 109.69 4 23
24 20 86.98 0 6- 142.40 50 24
25 22 87.98 0 11- 142.43 50 25
26 18 89.59 2 20- 145.56 50 26
27 4 86.80 0 4- 148.76 56 27
28 30 Jean-Pierre Bourhis89.700 22 91.69 0 10 149.20 5228
29 36 91.47 0 29 91.22 0 8151.42 5229
309 87.50 0 8- 256.22 156 30
31 32 92.37 2 32 91.74 2 11 did not advance
32 31 Jake Cochrane 146.87 54 46 92.68212
33 29 92.83 0 33 94.91 2 13
34 33 95.28 0 38 95.59 214
35 42 Nathaniel Francis 100.05 2 39 95.84 2 15
36 35 145.83 50 45 96.19 0 16
37 48 Abubakir Bukanov105.26 2 40 97.57 2 17
38 15 91.99 0 30 97.80 4 18
39 39 Michal Wiercioch 92.96 0 34 98.55 2 19
40 45 Alex Baldoni 94.85 2 37 98.78 2 20
41 40 Kaua Da Silva 105.35 6 41 100.41 4 21
42 41 Shota Saito 161.71 54 49 102.98 0 22
43 47 Alibek Temirgaliev105.79 2 42 104.29 0 23
44 43 Aurimas Kuodis 153.32 6 48 132.46 12 24
45 52 Rimantas Pumputis150.28 4 47 135.17 12 25
46 11Martin Thomas89.77 0 23 144.78 5226
47 37Kaylen Bassett 91.06 2 27 144.84 54 27
48 46Ricardo Fentanes168.99 10 50 149.32 1428
49 44Wu Jung-Cheng125.37 4 43 165.47 50 29
50 50Samuel Muturi 171.07 12 51 167.81 10 30
51 49Ismoilbek Abdumanapov224.96 106 52 180.2354 31
52 51Grigorios Komninos 130.37 8 44 209.54 60 32
53 53Matteo-Alexander Olar245.28 110 53 225.19 6033

Notes and References

  1. News: September 22, 2021 . France ends Slovakia canoe dominance . ICF Media . en . 26 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Men's Canoe - Heats Run 1 Start List . 26 September 2021.
  3. News: September 26, 2021 . Young guns upstage C1 rivals . ICF Media . en . 27 September 2021.
  4. Web site: Men's C1 results (La Seu 2019). 26 September 2021.
  5. Web site: Results (Tokyo Final). 26 September 2021. Olympics. ja. 26 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210726074759/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CSL/OG2020-_CSL_C74_CSLMC1----------------------------.pdf. dead.
  6. Web site: 2021 World Cup Final Ranking . CanoeSlalom.net . 26 September 2021.
  7. News: September 21, 2021 . Will slalom history be made in Bratislava? . ICF Media . en . 26 September 2021.
  8. Web site: ICF Canoe Slalom World Rankings . 26 September 2021.
  9. Web site: ICF Canoe Slalom Competition Rules 2019 . 26 September 2021.
  10. News: September 23, 2021 . It takes more than a car crash to bring Woods down . ICF Media . en . 26 September 2021.
  11. Web site: Men's Canoe - Semifinal Results List . 26 September 2021.
  12. Web site: Men's Canoe - Final Results List . 26 September 2021.
  13. Web site: Men's Canoe - Heats Run 1 Results List . 26 September 2021.
  14. Web site: Men's Canoe - Heats Run 2 Results List . 26 September 2021.

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