Update: 22/07/2022 11:45
Issued by: 22/07/2022, 11:45
Augsburg (Germany) – The organizers of the Water Slalom World Championship in Augsburg have managed to solve the problems of lack of water in the channel, and the Czech representatives have been preparing at the championship venue since Thursday. Olympic champion Jiří Prskavec will be a big favorite for kayakers, even though he is suffering from a cold a week before the start of the season’s showpiece event. Last year’s title will be defended in Germany by canoeist Václav Chaloupka, and Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Lukáš Rohan will also be present. On the women’s side, Tereza Fišerová will look to capitalize on this year’s excellent form, competing in both canoe and kayak.
“I’m a bit sick and I don’t feel completely well. I believe I will be able to rest after this week. It doesn’t limit me in training in any way, although I’m a bit weaker. But I have to be 100% fit for the race,” said Prskavec in a press release, who after his triumph at Tacen leads the World Cup standings.
Chaloupka, on the other hand, is in fine form after health problems at the start of the season and is looking forward to defending the C1 gold, which he won last year for Czech canoeing after 44 years. “I don’t feel the pressure from the defense at all. I think the only pressure is on me and that’s good because I can somehow work with that pressure,” he said. he declares. “I trained for two months from the ME without a single break. I’m happy about that, because my health was bothering me at the start of the season. I believe that the form is now there and that we will manage to time it ideally for the next weekend,” he added.
Bronze medalist at this year’s European Championships among female canoeists and winner of the SP race in Prague, Fišerová would like to repeat her performance in Augsburg. “I would like to do similar performances at the European Championships or at the World Cup in Prague, when I got up even under pressure and finished the races as I wanted,” said Fišerová, who also took second place in kayaking at the World Championships in Krakow. This year.
Water slalom skiers will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their sport’s premiere at the Munich Olympics in an unusual summer term for the world championship. Czech slalom skiers, who participated in the debut in 1972, also travel to Augsburg. The World Cup will begin on July 27 with patrol competitions.
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