2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's K-2 200 metres explained

Event:	Women's K-2 200 metres
Championship:	2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	16–18 September
Venue:	Lake Bagsværd
Location:	Copenhagen, Denmark
Competitors:	36
Nations:	18
Win Value:	37.41
Gold:	Kristina Kovnir Anastasiia Dolgova
Gold Nation:	IOC
Silver:	Blanka Kiss Anna Lucz
Silver Nation:	HUN
Bronze:	Dominika Putto Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk
Bronze Nation:	POL
Prev:	2019
Next:	2022

The women's K-2 200 metres competition at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen took place on Lake Bagsværd.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 16 September 2021	09:45	Heats
	16:25	Semifinal
style=background:lemonchiffon	Saturday 18 September 2021	style=background:lemonchiffon	11:03	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

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

Results

Heats

The fastest three boats in each heat advanced directly to the final.
The next four fastest boats in each heat, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the semifinal.^{[3] [4]}

Heat 1

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kristina Kovnir Anastasiia Dolgova	RCF	37.99
2	Dominika Putto Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk		38.11
3	Blanka Kiss Anna Lucz		38.29
4	Irene Bellan Francesca Genzo		38.95
5	Teresa Tirado Mirella Vázquez		39.50
6	Maria Rei Francisca Laia		39.74
7	Courtney Stott Alanna Bray-Lougheed		41.04
8	Victoria Chiew Soh Sze Ying		42.10
–	Špela Ponomarenko Janić Anja Osterman

Heat 2

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk		38.17
2	Mariya Povkh Anastasiya Horlova		38.98
3	Ana Roxana Lehaci Viktoria Schwarz		39.33
4	Štěpánka Sobíšková Barbora Galádová		39.51
5	Julie Funch Bolette Nyvang Iversen		39.59
6	Hermien Peters Lize Broekx		39.74
7	Karina Alanís Maricela Montemayor		39.97
8	Melina Andersson Julia Lagerstam		40.61
9	Zoe Clark Enya Dale		41.14

Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.^[5]

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time	Notes
1	Irene Bellan Francesca Genzo		39.15
2	Štěpánka Sobíšková Barbora Galádová		39.53
3	Maria Rei Francisca Laia		39.54
4	Julie Funch Bolette Nyvang Iversen		39.55
5	Melina Andersson Julia Lagerstam		39.79
6	Teresa Tirado Mirella Vázquez		39.82
7	Hermien Peters Lize Broekx		40.06
8	Karina Alanís Maricela Montemayor		40.13
9	Courtney Stott Alanna Bray-Lougheed		41.31

Final

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.^[6]

Rank	Kayakers	Country	Time
	Kristina Kovnir Anastasiia Dolgova	RCF	37.41
	Blanka Kiss Anna Lucz		37.65
	Dominika Putto Katarzyna Kołodziejczyk		37.67
4	Volha Khudzenka Maryna Litvinchuk		38.05
	Irene Bellan Francesca Genzo
6	Mariya Povkh Anastasiya Horlova		38.76
7	Ana Roxana Lehaci Viktoria Schwarz		38.78
8	Štěpánka Sobíšková Barbora Galádová		38.99
9	Maria Rei Francisca Laia		39.26

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Spectator guide. ICF. 25 September 2021.
2. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TIME TABLE & RESULTS. Spotfokus . 25 September 2021.
3. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Women 200m - 1st Heat. Spotfokus. 25 September 2021.
4. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Women 200m - 2nd Heat. Spotfokus. 25 September 2021.
5. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Women 200m - 1st Semi-final. Spotfokus. 25 September 2021.
6. Web site: 2021 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS K2 Women 200m - Final A. Spotfokus. 25 September 2021.