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2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup

The 2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of seven races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 21st edition. The series consisted of 4 continental championships (Africa, Oceania, Pan American and Asia) which were open to all countries and 3 world cup races. The athletes gained points for their results in the three world cup races plus their best result from any of the four continental championships.

Calendar

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Label

! Venue

! Date

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|2008 African Championships

|align=left| {{flagicon|KEN}} Sagana

|align=left| 27 January

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|Oceania Championships 2008

|align=left| {{flagicon|AUS}} Penrith

|align=left| 15–16 March

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|2008 Pan American Championships

|align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Charlotte

|align=left| 26 April

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|2008 Asia Canoe Slalom Championships

|align=left| {{flagicon|THA}} Nakhon Nayok

|align=left| 17–18 May

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|World Cup Race 1

|align=left| {{flagicon|CZE}} Prague

|align=left| 20–22 June

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|World Cup Race 2

|align=left| {{flagicon|SLO}} Tacen

|align=left| 28–29 June

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|World Cup Race 3

|align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Augsburg

|align=left| 4–6 July

Final standings

The winner of each race was awarded 50 points. Paddlers outside the top 20 in the C2 event and outside the top 40 in the other 3 events were awarded 2 points for participation. If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points, the ranking was determined by their positions in the final world cup race.{{cite web|title=2008 World Cup Final Ranking|url=https://www.canoeslalom.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/archiv/2008/2008-07-06-worldcup-final-ranking.pdf|accessdate=19 November 2017}}

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= C1 men =

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!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=200|Athlete

!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=20|Points

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| 1

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Robin Bell|AUS}}168
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| 2

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Alexander Slafkovský|SVK}}132
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| 3

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Benn Fraker|USA}}121
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| 4

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Dejan Stevanovič|SLO}}114
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| 5

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Tomáš Indruch|CZE}}106
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| 6

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Teng Zhiqiang|CHN}}106
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| 7

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Ronnie Dürrenmatt|SUI}}99
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| 8

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Kynan Maley|AUS}}97
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| 9

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Christos Tsakmakis|GRE}}95
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| 10

align="left"| {{flagathlete|James Cartwright|CAN}}93

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= C2 men =

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!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=300|Athletes

!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=20|Points

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| 1

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner|SVK}}147
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| 2

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Ladislav Škantár/Peter Škantár|SVK}}129
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| 3

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Marek Jiras/Tomáš Máder|CZE}}127
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| 4

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Hu Minghai/Shu Junrong|CHN}}119
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| 5

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Mark Bellofiore/Lachie Milne|AUS}}107
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| 6

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Tomáš Kučera/Ján Bátik|SVK}}106
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| 7

align="left"| {{flagathlete|David Schröder/Frank Henze|GER}}101
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| 8

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Marcus Becker/Stefan Henze|GER}}100
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| 9

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Duan Junjie/Duan Junqing|CHN}}99
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| 10

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Mikhail Kuznetsov/Dmitry Larionov|RUS}}98

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= K1 men =

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!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=10|Pos

!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=200|Athlete

!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=20|Points

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| 1

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Erik Pfannmöller|GER}}133
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| 2

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Brett Heyl|USA}}117
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| 3

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Helmut Oblinger|AUT}}116
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| 4

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Lukáš Kubričan|CZE}}112
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| 5

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Warwick Draper|AUS}}112
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| 6

align="left"| {{flagathlete|William Forsythe|AUS}}101
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| 7

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Dejan Kralj|SLO}}98
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| 8

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Scott Mann|USA}}95
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| 9

align="left"| {{flagathlete|David Ford|CAN}}95
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| 10

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Tomáš Mráz|SVK}}94

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= K1 women =

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!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=200|Athlete

!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" width=20|Points

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| 1

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Katrina Lawrence|AUS}}144
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| 2

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Mandy Planert|GER}}132
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| 3

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Violetta Oblinger-Peters|AUT}}129
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| 4

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Li Jingjing|CHN}}123
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| 5

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Elena Kaliská|SVK}}118
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| 6

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Gabriela Stacherová|SVK}}107
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| 7

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Marie Řihošková|CZE}}99
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| 8

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Sarah Grant|AUS}}97
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| 9

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Nina Mozetič|SLO}}93
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| 10

align="left"| {{flagathlete|Jana Dukátová|SVK}}92

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Results

= 2008 African Championships =

The first African Canoe Slalom Championships were held in Sagana, Kenya on January 27.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kayakafrica.org/news0915.htm |title = CAC News |access-date=2011-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425062219/http://www.kayakafrica.org/news0915.htm |archive-date=2012-04-25 |url-status=usurped }} USA won the medal table with 2 golds and a bronze.

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!Event

|align=center bgcolor="gold"|Gold

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|align=center bgcolor="silver"|Silver

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|align=center bgcolor="CC9966"|Bronze

|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Score

C1 men

| {{flagathlete|Siboniso Cele|RSA}}

| {{flagathlete|Cyprian Ngidi|RSA}}| {{flagathlete|Tyler Hinton|USA}}
C2 men

| {{USA}}
Mark Staszko
Nic Borst

| {{RSA}}
Cameron McIntosh
Cyprian Ngidi		| {{RSA}}
Jabulane Mofokeng
Siboniso Cele
K1 men

| {{flagathlete|Benjamin Boukpeti|TOG}}

| {{flagathlete|Johnathan Akinyemi|NGR}}| {{flagathlete|Cameron McIntosh|RSA}}
K1 women

| {{flagathlete|Emily Jackson|USA}}

| {{flagathlete|Sarah Dupire|ALG}}| {{flagathlete|Marissa Dederer|CAN}}

= Oceania Championships 2008 =

The 2008 Oceania Championships were held in Penrith, Australia on March 15–16. Slovakia won 2 golds a silver and a bronze to top the medal table.

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!Event

|align=center bgcolor="gold"|Gold

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|align=center bgcolor="silver"|Silver

|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Score

|align=center bgcolor="CC9966"|Bronze

|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Score

C1 men[http://canoe.org.au/site/canoeing/ac/downloads/2008/Slalom/Results/Oceania/C1M.pdf Official results C1M - Oceania Championships 2008] - accessed October 12, 2011

| {{flagathlete|Michal Martikán|SVK}}

197.81

| {{flagathlete|Robin Bell|AUS}}

202.00

| {{flagathlete|Alexander Slafkovský|SVK}}

205.54
C2 men[http://canoe.org.au/site/canoeing/ac/downloads/2008/Slalom/Results/Oceania/C2M.pdf Official results C2M - Oceania Championships 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321133334/http://canoe.org.au/site/canoeing/ac/downloads/2008/Slalom/Results/Oceania/C2M.pdf |date=2012-03-21 }} - accessed October 12, 2011

| {{CHN}}
Hu Minghai
Shu Junrong

213.25

| {{SVK}}
Pavol Hochschorner
Peter Hochschorner

214.61

| {{AUS}}
Mark Bellofiore
Lachie Milne

216.36
K1 men[http://canoe.org.au/site/canoeing/ac/downloads/2008/Slalom/Results/Oceania/K1M.pdf Official results K1M - Oceania Championships 2008] - accessed October 12, 2011

| {{flagathlete|Jens Ewald|GER}}

197.41

| {{flagathlete|Warwick Draper|AUS}}

197.47

| {{flagathlete|Brett Heyl|USA}}

197.50
K1 women[http://canoe.org.au/site/canoeing/ac/downloads/2008/Slalom/Results/Oceania/K1W.pdf Official results K1W - Oceania Championships 2008] - accessed October 12, 2011

| {{flagathlete|Elena Kaliská|SVK}}

222.42

| {{flagathlete|Li Tong|CHN}}

223.02

| {{flagathlete|Li Jingjing|CHN}}

224.67

= 2008 Pan American Championships =

The 2008 Pan American Championships took place in Charlotte, USA on April 26. The home athletes dominated the medal table by winning 3 golds, 4 silvers and 3 bronzes.

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!Event

|align=center bgcolor="gold"|Gold

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|align=center bgcolor="silver"|Silver

|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Score

|align=center bgcolor="CC9966"|Bronze

|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Score

C1 men{{Cite web |url=http://animastiming.com/sites/animastiming.com/files/20080426-c1m-total-results.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425062917/http://animastiming.com/sites/animastiming.com/files/20080426-c1m-total-results.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-25 |url-status=dead }}

| {{flagathlete|Robin Bell|AUS}}

187.70

| {{flagathlete|Benn Fraker|USA}}

194.23

| {{flagathlete|Jeff Larimer|USA}}

199.13
C2 men{{Cite web |url=http://animastiming.com/sites/animastiming.com/files/20080426-c2m-total-results.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425062932/http://animastiming.com/sites/animastiming.com/files/20080426-c2m-total-results.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-25 |url-status=dead }}

| {{USA}}
Scott McCleskey
Austin Crane

216.44

| {{USA}}
Benjamin Kvanli
Mark Poindexter

258.03

| {{USA}}
Casey Eichfeld
Rick Powell

269.07
K1 men{{Cite web |url=http://animastiming.com/sites/animastiming.com/files/20080426-k1m-total-results.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425062945/http://animastiming.com/sites/animastiming.com/files/20080426-k1m-total-results.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-25 |url-status=dead }}

| {{flagathlete|Brett Heyl|USA}}

179.70

| {{flagathlete|Eric Hurd|USA}}

181.83

| {{flagathlete|Scott Mann|USA}}

182.70
K1 women{{Cite web |url=http://animastiming.com/sites/animastiming.com/files/20080426-k1w-total-results.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425063041/http://animastiming.com/sites/animastiming.com/files/20080426-k1w-total-results.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-25 |url-status=dead }}

| {{flagathlete|Heather Corrie|USA}}

223.76

| {{flagathlete|Zuzana Vanha|USA}}

232.63

| {{flagathlete|Jessica Groeneveld|CAN}}

243.65

= 2008 Asia Canoe Slalom Championships =

The 2008 Asia Canoe Slalom Championships were the last of the continental championships to count for the world cup. The event took place in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand on May 17–18. China won the medal table with 2 golds, 2 silvers and 4 bronzes.

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!Event

|align=center bgcolor="gold"|Gold

|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Score

|align=center bgcolor="silver"|Silver

|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Score

|align=center bgcolor="CC9966"|Bronze

|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Score

C1 men

| {{flagathlete|Takuya Haneda|JPN}}

| {{flagathlete|Feng Liming|CHN}}| {{flagathlete|Zhang Chaojun|CHN}}
C2 men

| {{CHN}}
Mai Jianmin
Mo Bin

| {{JPN}}
Masatoshi Sanma
Hiroyuki Nagao		| {{CHN}}
Yu Hongmin
Chen Jin
K1 men

| {{flagathlete|Kazuki Yazawa|JPN}}

| {{flagathlete|Tsubasa Sasaki|JPN}}| {{flagathlete|Huang Cunguang|CHN}}
K1 women

| {{flagathlete|Li Tong|CHN}}

| {{flagathlete|Cen Nanqin|CHN}}| {{flagathlete|Zou Yingying|CHN}}

= World Cup Race 1 =

The main part of the world cup series got under way in Prague, Czech Republic on June 20–22. France and Czech Republic shared the top spot in the medal table with both countries winning 2 golds and 1 bronze medal.{{cite web|title=Official results - World Cup Race 1 (C1M and K1W)|url=https://www.canoeslalom.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/archiv/2008/2008-06-20-worldcup-prag.pdf|accessdate=19 November 2017}}

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!Event

|align=center bgcolor="gold"|Gold

|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Score

|align=center bgcolor="silver"|Silver

|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Score

|align=center bgcolor="CC9966"|Bronze

|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Score

C1 men

| {{flagathlete|Tony Estanguet|FRA}}

175.50

| {{flagathlete|Robin Bell|AUS}}

176.91

| {{flagathlete|David Florence|GBR}}

178.39
C2 men

| {{CZE}}
Marek Jiras
Tomáš Máder

| {{CHN}}
Hu Minghai
Shu Junrong		| {{FRA}}
Cédric Forgit
Martin Braud
K1 men

| {{flagathlete|Fabien Lefèvre|FRA}}

| {{flagathlete|Erik Pfannmöller|GER}}| {{flagathlete|Lukáš Kubričan|CZE}}
K1 women

| {{flagathlete|Štěpánka Hilgertová|CZE}}

192.47

| {{flagathlete|Mandy Planert|GER}}

193.84

| {{flagathlete|Jana Dukátová|SVK}}

195.43

= World Cup Race 2 =

The penultimate race of the series took place in Tacen, Slovenia on June 28–29. Two gold medals were enough for Germany to win the medal table. Slovenia took one gold courtesy of Peter Kauzer.{{cite web|title=Official results - World Cup Race 2|url=https://www.canoeslalom.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/archiv/2008/2008-06-29-worldcup-tacen.pdf|accessdate=19 November 2017}}

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!Event

|align=center bgcolor="gold"|Gold

|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Score

|align=center bgcolor="silver"|Silver

|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Score

|align=center bgcolor="CC9966"|Bronze

|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Score

C1 men

| {{flagathlete|Nico Bettge|GER}}

193.27

| {{flagathlete|Alexander Slafkovský|SVK}}

196.65

| {{flagathlete|Ronnie Dürrenmatt|SUI}}

198.81
C2 men

| {{SVK}}
Pavol Hochschorner
Peter Hochschorner

200.08

| {{SVK}}
Ladislav Škantár
Peter Škantár

206.25

| {{CZE}}
Marek Jiras
Tomáš Máder

207.27
K1 men

| {{flagathlete|Peter Kauzer|SLO}}

179.29

| {{flagathlete|Lukáš Kubričan|CZE}}

184.17

| {{flagathlete|Richard Hounslow|GBR}}

184.46
K1 women

| {{flagathlete|Mandy Planert|GER}}

205.34

| {{flagathlete|Li Jingjing|CHN}}

206.23

| {{flagathlete|Gabriela Stacherová|SVK}}

209.67

= World Cup Race 3 =

The world cup series closed in Augsburg, Germany on July 4–6. Australia was the most successful country with 2 golds. The German paddlers won 1 gold and 1 bronze medal.{{cite web|title=Official results - World Cup Race 3|url=https://www.canoeslalom.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/archiv/2008/2008-07-06-worldcup-augsburg.pdf|accessdate=19 November 2017}}

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!Event

|align=center bgcolor="gold"|Gold

|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Score

|align=center bgcolor="silver"|Silver

|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Score

|align=center bgcolor="CC9966"|Bronze

|align=center bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Score

C1 men

| {{flagathlete|Robin Bell|AUS}}

203.67

| {{flagathlete|Tomáš Indruch|CZE}}

205.94

| {{flagathlete|Krzysztof Bieryt|POL}}

206.47
C2 men

| {{SVK}}
Pavol Hochschorner
Peter Hochschorner

216.77

| {{SVK}}
Ladislav Škantár
Peter Škantár

219.42

| {{GER}}
Kay Simon
Robby Simon

221.13
K1 men

| {{flagathlete|Erik Pfannmöller|GER}}

193.03

| {{flagathlete|Benoît Peschier|FRA}}

195.73

| {{flagathlete|Scott Parsons|USA}}

195.79
K1 women

| {{flagathlete|Katrina Lawrence|AUS}}

216.01

| {{flagathlete|Jana Dukátová|SVK}}

217.06

| {{flagathlete|Marie Řihošková|CZE}}

217.70

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.canoeicf.com/ International Canoe Federation]

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