Sparkler in Prague did not fulfill his medal ambitions and was fourth, Fišerová fifth
Prague – The winner from Tokyo Jiří Prskavec did not see another medal success at the World Cup at home in Troja. After the Olympic Games, the 29-year-old kayaker in fourth place started the new cup race, 29 hundredths of a second separated him from the podium. Tereza Fišerová was fifth among kayakers, Antonie Galušková ninth. Australian slalom skier Jessica Foxová and Slovenian Peter Kauzer won in Prague.
Prskavec, who has won the cup race in Prague four times and is a two-time world champion, made a mistake on the 17th goal. With a two-second penalty, he lost 2.03 seconds to the fastest and cleanest running Causer. The home favorite in Troja lost to the Italian Giovanni De Gennar and the Swiss Martin Dougoud.
The best kayaker in the world reacted badly to the higher water level in the track, which changed between the middle of the final. “I know about that half-cylinder that it’s always bigger in these waters and it should catch me better. So I didn’t slow down in front of me, I drove at full speed and didn’t catch me. I lost quite a bit of time and energy, then I knew it I have to drive somewhere, I tried it on (goals) 18. 17. 19. I think I succeeded, unfortunately I slapped the first one right away, I didn’t fit under it, and that was the end of hope, “Prskavec described.
Starting with the 2013 World Cup, he won medals at major international Troja races, whether it was the European Championships or the World Cup. Today this series is over. “Malinko I’m sorry for the spectators and fans. It was beautiful, again after two years a real race in Troja and I’m very sorry that I could not return it to them for the cheering. But once it had to come and I will try again next year . ” prepare a little better and be better again, “added Prskavec.
Fišerová makes her debut in the K1 category among adults this year and was unexpectedly the fastest in qualifying on Friday. In Troy, he will attack medals on Sunday in canoes and extreme slalom. She lagged behind Fox, who celebrated today’s 28th birthday with two penalty seconds by 3.18 seconds. Fox was also once penalized for touching the goal.
Galušková also had one “poke”, but in time she was not enough for the fastest and she was ninth among the ten finalists. Barbora Valíková took 23rd place in six.
On Sunday, the C1 category will race on the Trojan Channel. Fišerová and her sisters Martin and Gabriel Satkova will once again perform on the canoe, and Lukáš Rohan and Václav Chaloupka, Vojtěch Heger, the defender of the Prague Cup gold, will be in the men’s six.
The World Cup will continue in Krakow in a week.
The favored Prskavec hesitated this time, the winning Kauzer thanked him
Today’s World Cup in Troja showed that even Jiří Prskavec is not invincible in water slalom. The performances of recent years make him the best kayaker of today, which was confirmed in the recent European Championships. Although he hesitated at the home race in Prague, he received an award from the winning Slovenian veteran Peter Kauzer.
“I’ve already worked it into such a position that Peter said ‘Thank you’ to me at the finish,” smiled the Olympic champion, who finished fourth. “I think it’s such a mess. Of course everyone knows I’m not invincible. It’s also good for me if it doesn’t work out sometimes. It might kick a person into that training,” added the five-time European champion.
Last year, he had an excellent Olympic summit, but he was seventh at the European Championships and did not advance to the finals at the World Championships after the Olympics. On the home track in Troja, however, he is very strong in all circumstances, from 2019 to the present he has won all the big races here.
“I have a higher one in Troja, and if I succeed, it’s usually enough for a medal. The last three attempts have even been for gold. I’m fine here, even though I’m a little tired. Chorus if I build a nice and difficult track like this. But “you can’t win anyway, sometimes the series had to be interrupted. Malinko I’m sorry that just when it was so beautiful, so many people came and I couldn’t give it back,” he regretted it.
He was unable to respond properly to the increased water level, which is more unpredictable than ever after the winter reconstruction. It reacts to the discharge of the lock chamber at Štvanice.
“When it rises above a level, they start to pour out a bit in the war, which then changes the whole track and suddenly it starts to change a lot. In the worst place, where there is most water, I drove it fast. He said And then I left it in a place where I would say that I would never ruin it, that I never ruined this crossing, “he described.
Theoretically, they have a chance to succeed in the extreme slalom, which today begins with qualifying. “I am not one of the favorites there. I would say that I am more of a worse competitor. I guess that the time trial will take place today and I will cheer on Sunday. These are my expectations,” he admitted.
He would like to gain experience in the new Olympic discipline. “But I’m afraid it’s not for that yet,” the 29-year-old kayaker added.
Introductory World Championships in water slalom in Prague:
Men:
K1: 1. Kauzer (Slovenia) 95.54 (0 penalty seconds), 2. De Gennaro (It.) -0.95 (2), 3. Dougoud (Switzerland) -1.74 (0), 4. Sparkler -2.03 (2), … at six 14. Come on22. Tunka (all CR).
women:
K1: 1. Fox (Austr.) 103.91 (2), 2. Liliková (DEU) -0.89 (2), 3. Prigentová (Fr.) -1.42 (0), … 5 . Fišerová -3.18 (2), 9. A. Galušková -9.67 (2), at six 23. Valíková (all CR).