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2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Men's K1

{{short description|World championship canoeing event}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox sports competition event

| event = Men's K1

| competition = 2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

| image =

| caption =

| venue = Čunovo Water Sports Centre

| location = Bratislava, Slovakia

| dates = 23–25 September 2021

| competitors = 80

| nations = 36

| gold = Boris Neveu

| silver = Marcello Beda

| bronze = Joan Crespo

| gold_nation = FRA

| silver_nation = ITA

| bronze_nation = ESP

| previous =

| next = 2022

}}

{{2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships}}

The Men's K1 at the 2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships took place on 23 and 25 September 2021 at the Čunovo Water Sports Centre in Bratislava.{{cite news |date= September 22, 2021 |title=France ends Slovakia canoe dominance |url=https://www.canoeicf.com/news/france-ends-slovakia-canoe-dominance |work=ICF Media |language=en |access-date=17 May 2022}} It was the 41st edition of the event, and 80 athletes from 36 nations competed.{{cite web |title=Men's Kayak - Heats Run 1 Start List |url=https://123result.blob.core.windows.net/canoe/CS_2021/201201/1703/MK1_NHT1_23@Start%20List.pdf |access-date=17 May 2022}}

The event was won by Boris Neveu of France, winning his second title, after he led a French one-two-three in 2014. Italian underdog Marcello Beda won silver in his first international final, while Joan Crespo matched his result from 2019 with bronze.{{cite news |date= September 25, 2021 |title=Funk makes canoe history in Bratislava |url=https://www.canoeicf.com/news/funk-makes-canoe-history-bratislava |work=ICF Media |language=en |access-date=17 May 2022}}

Background

Czech Jiří Prskavec entered the event a clear favourite, as the reigning World Champion, Olympic Champion and World No. 1.{{cite web |title=Men's K1 results (La Seu 2019)|url=https://123result.blob.core.windows.net/canoe/CS_2019/201201/949/MK1_SLER_29@Event%20Result.pdf |access-date=17 May 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.canoeicf.com/icf-canoe-slalom-world-ranking |title=ICF Canoe Slalom World Rankings |access-date=17 May 2022}} The host nation Slovakia fielded Olympic silver medallist Jakub Grigar.{{Cite web|title=Results (Tokyo Final)|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CSL/OG2020-_CSL_C73A_CSLMK1----------------FNL-000100--.pdf|access-date=17 May 2022|website=Olympics|language=ja|archive-date=30 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730095556/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CSL/OG2020-_CSL_C73A_CSLMK1----------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}} Czech Vít Přindiš came into the event having won the last two World Cup rounds en route to the overall World Cup title, also winning the European Championships and the extreme overall World Cup title.{{cite web |title=2021 World Cup Final Ranking |url=https://canoeslalom.net/lib/exe/fetch.php/archiv/2021/2021-09-12-worldcup-final-ranking.pdf |website=CanoeSlalom.net |accessdate=17 May 2022}} World No. 3 Joe Clarke also entered as a favourite, and with something to prove after not qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics.{{cite news |date= September 21, 2021 |title=Will slalom history be made in Bratislava? |url=https://www.canoeicf.com/news/will-slalom-history-be-made-bratislava |work=ICF Media |language=en |access-date=17 May 2022}} Andrej Málek was the last athlete to win a major ICF race on the Bratislava course, winning the second round of the 2019 World Cup, but he did not take part after retiring in 2020.{{cite web |title=K1M official result list – World Cup Race 2 |url=https://123result.blob.core.windows.net/canoe/CS_2019/201201/1277/MK1_SLER_23@Event%20Result.pdf |accessdate=17 May 2022}}

Competition format

The Men's K1 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 30 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/rules_canoe_slalom_2019.pdf |title=ICF Canoe Slalom Competition Rules 2019 |access-date=17 May 2022}}

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.

Schedule

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

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! Date

! Time

! Round

rowspan=3|Thursday, 23 September 2021
| 10:03Heats Run 1
| 12:32Heats Run 2
rowspan=3|Saturday, 25 September 2021
| 10:08Semifinal
style=background:lemonchiffon12:40Final

Results

2014 World Champion Boris Neveu topped the first heat with a clean 82.14, a day after winning the Team world title, ahead of Czechs Vít Přindiš and Vavřinec Hradilek.{{cite news |date= September 23, 2021 |title=It takes more than a car crash to bring Woods down |url=https://www.canoeicf.com/news/it-takes-more-car-crash-bring-woods-down |work=ICF Media |language=en |access-date=17 May 2022}} Sergei Maimistov won the second heat representing the Russian Canoe Federation, 1.15 off Neveu's first run time. Joe Clarke and Slovak Martin Halčin were the two highest ranked athletes to miss out on the semifinal. With both Germans Noah Hegge and Stefan Hengst setting equal times of 85.95 in the first heats run to finish 30th, 41 athletes progressed to the semifinal. 34 of the 41 who progressed to the semifinal did so with a penalty-free run.

The semifinal was won by home favourite Jakub Grigar, with a time of 85.16, ahead of Hegge and Marcello Beda, both making their first World Championship final. After the nation won 4 of the last 6 World Championship titles in this event, no Czech athletes qualified for the final, making this the first final without Czech participation since 2014. By finishing 9th in the semifinal, Brazilian Pedro Gonçalves became the first South American to progress to the World Championships final in this event since Thomas Bersinger placed 4th in 2014. This also marked the first time since 1995 that all three German athletes made the final.

Neveu became the 2021 K1M World Champion with a clean run of 83.92, almost 4 seconds clear of silver medalist Beda, while Joan Crespo won bronze at a second consecutive World Championship. The standard in the final was such that 7 of the athletes would have won a medal, had they completed the course in the same time as their semifinal.

Penalties are included in the time shown. The fastest time in each round is shown in bold.

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rowspan=3|Rank

!rowspan=3|Bib

!rowspan=3|Canoeist

!rowspan=3|Nation

!colspan=6|Heats

!colspan=3 rowspan=2|Semifinal{{cite web |title=Men's Kayak - Semifinal Results List |url=https://123result.blob.core.windows.net/canoe/CS_2021/201201/1703/MK1_SF_25@Results.pdf |access-date=17 May 2022}}

!colspan=3 rowspan=2|Final{{cite web |title=Men's Kayak - Final Results List |url=https://123result.blob.core.windows.net/canoe/CS_2021/201201/1703/MK1_FI_25@Results.pdf |access-date=17 May 2022}}

colspan=3|Run 1{{cite web |title=Men's Kayak - Heats Run 1 Results List |url=https://123result.blob.core.windows.net/canoe/CS_2021/201201/1703/MK1_NHT1_23@Results.pdf |access-date=17 May 2022}}colspan=3|Run 2{{cite web |title=Men's Kayak - Heats Run 2 Results List |url=https://123result.blob.core.windows.net/canoe/CS_2021/201201/1703/MK1_NHT2_23@Results.pdf |access-date=17 May 2022}}
Time{{Abbr|Pen.|Penalty}}OrderTime{{Abbr|Pen.|Penalty}}OrderTime{{Abbr|Pen.|Penalty}}OrderTime{{Abbr|Pen.|Penalty}}Order
{{gold1}}

|| 6 ||align=left| Boris Neveu ||align=left| {{flagcountry|FRA}} || 82.14 || 0 || 1 || colspan=3| - || 87.12 || 2 || 6 || 83.92 || 0 || 1

{{silver2}}

|| 33 ||align=left| Marcello Beda ||align=left| {{flagcountry|ITA}} || 85.74 || 0 || 27 || colspan=3| - || 86.82 || 0 || 3 || 87.75 || 0 || 2

{{bronze3}}

|| 10 ||align=left| Joan Crespo ||align=left| {{flagcountry|ESP}} || 85.33 || 0 || 21 || colspan=3| - || 87.05 || 0 || 4 || 87.90 || 2 || 3

4

|| 7 ||align=left| Giovanni De Gennaro ||align=left| {{flagcountry|ITA}} || 83.05 || 0 || 4 || colspan=3| - || 87.91 || 2 || 8 || 90.22 || 4 || 4

5

|| 23 ||align=left| Stefan Hengst ||align=left| {{flagcountry|GER}} || 85.95 || 2 || 30 || colspan=3| - || 88.66 || 2 || 10 || 90.68 || 2 || 5

6

|| 30 ||align=left| Noah Hegge ||align=left| {{flagcountry|GER}} || 85.95 || 0 || 30 || colspan=3| - || 86.25 || 0 || 2 || 91.18 || 4 || 6

7

|| 12 ||align=left| Jakub Grigar ||align=left| {{flagcountry|SVK}} || 84.24 || 0 || 14 || colspan=3| - || 85.16 || 0 || 1 || 92.39 || 2 || 7

8

|| 2 ||align=left| Peter Kauzer ||align=left| {{flagcountry|SLO}} || 83.20 || 0 || 5 || colspan=3| - || 87.47 || 4 || 7 || 136.10 || 52 || 8

9

|| 5 ||align=left| Hannes Aigner ||align=left| {{flagcountry|GER}} || 84.75 || 0 || 18 || colspan=3| - || 87.09 || 0 || 5 || 139.72 || 52 || 9

10

|| 28 ||align=left| Pedro Gonçalves ||align=left| {{flagcountry|BRA}} || 87.62 || 0 || 39 || 85.97 || 2 || 7 || 88.15 || 0 || 9 || 141.22 || 54 || 10

11

|| 1 ||align=left| Jiří Prskavec ||align=left| {{flagcountry|CZE}} || 84.87 || 0 || 19 || colspan=3| - || 88.71 || 0 || 11 || colspan=3 rowspan=31| did not advance

12

|| 9 ||align=left| Mathieu Biazizzo ||align=left| {{flagcountry|FRA}} || 86.57 || 2 || 34 || 86.67 || 0 || 9 || 88.81 || 2 || 12

13

|| 22 ||align=left| Pavel Eigel ||align=left| 25px RCF || 88.78 || 0 || 42 || 84.68 || 0 || 3 || 88.95 || 0 || 13

14

|| 43 ||align=left| Adam Gonšenica ||align=left| {{flagcountry|SVK}} || 83.91 || 2 || 12 || colspan=3| - || 89.05 || 2 || 14

15

|| 8 ||align=left| Lucien Delfour ||align=left| {{flagcountry|AUS}} || 85.38 || 2 || 22 || colspan=3| - || 89.07 || 2 || 15

16

|| 21 ||align=left| Niko Testen ||align=left| {{flagcountry|SLO}} || 84.43 || 0 || 16 || colspan=3| - || 89.10 || 0 || 16

17

|| 11 ||align=left| Dariusz Popiela ||align=left| {{flagcountry|POL}} || 85.90 || 0 || 29 || colspan=3| - || 89.19 || 0 || 17

18

|| 20 ||align=left| Lukas Werro ||align=left| {{flagcountry|SUI}} || 85.72 || 0 || 26 || colspan=3| - || 90.37 || 0 || 18

19

|| 27 ||align=left| Benjamin Renia ||align=left| {{flagcountry|FRA}} || 83.23 || 0 || 6 || colspan=3| - || 91.19 || 4 || 19

20

|| 37 ||align=left| Erik Holmer ||align=left| {{flagcountry|SWE}} || 85.50 || 0 || 24 || colspan=3| - || 91.44 || 2 || 20

21

|| 16 ||align=left| David Llorente ||align=left| {{flagcountry|ESP}} || 83.83 || 0 || 11 || colspan=3| - || 91.83 || 4 || 21

22

|| 24 ||align=left| Isak Öhrström ||align=left| {{flagcountry|SWE}} || 86.57 || 2 || 34 || 83.85 || 0 || 2 || 92.06 || 0 || 22

23

|| 15 ||align=left| Bradley Forbes-Cryans ||align=left| {{flagcountry|GBR}} || 85.38 || 0 || 22 || colspan=3| - || 92.44 || 4 || 23

24

|| 32 ||align=left| Mario Leitner ||align=left| {{flagcountry|AUT}} || 84.25 || 0 || 15 || colspan=3| - || 92.58 || 2 || 24

24

|| 40 ||align=left| Mathieu Desnos ||align=left| {{flagcountry|BRA}} || 141.44 || 50 || 73 || 85.38 || 0 || 6 || 92.58 || 6 || 24

26

|| 17 ||align=left| Michal Smolen ||align=left| {{flagcountry|USA}} || 85.82 || 0 || 28 || colspan=3| - || 92.61 || 2 || 26

27

|| 13 ||align=left| Felix Oschmautz ||align=left| {{flagcountry|AUT}} || 83.60 || 0 || 7 || colspan=3| - || 92.96 || 6 || 27

28

|| 47 ||align=left| Sergei Maimistov ||align=left| 25px RCF || 88.26 || 2 || 41 || 83.29 || 0 || 1 || 93.48 || 0 || 28

29

|| 49 ||align=left| Gabriel De Coster ||align=left| {{flagcountry|BEL}} || 84.73 || 2 || 17 || colspan=3| - || 93.78 || 2 || 29

30

|| 39 ||align=left| Gelindo Chiarello ||align=left| {{flagcountry|SUI}} || 86.52 || 0 || 33 || 84.73 || 0 || 4 || 93.96 || 4 || 30

31

|| 31 ||align=left| Finn Butcher ||align=left| {{flagcountry|NZL}} || 84.88 || 0 || 20 || colspan=3| - || 95.57 || 4 || 31

32

|| 48 ||align=left| Nikita Gubenko ||align=left| 25px RCF || 86.44 || 2 || 32 || 86.32 || 0 || 8 || 95.80 || 4 || 32

33

|| 42 ||align=left| Pau Echaniz ||align=left| {{flagcountry|ESP}} || 83.78 || 0 || 10 || colspan=3| - || 98.27 || 8 || 33

34

|| 36 ||align=left| Christian De Dionigi ||align=left| {{flagcountry|ITA}} || 87.03 || 2 || 37 || 84.82 || 0 || 5 || 99.52 || 6 || 34

35

|| 14 ||align=left| Martin Dougoud ||align=left| {{flagcountry|SUI}} || 83.71 || 0 || 9 || colspan=3| - || 136.54 || 52 || 35

36

|| 4 ||align=left| Vít Přindiš ||align=left| {{flagcountry|CZE}} || 82.51 || 0 || 2 || colspan=3| - || 136.74 || 50 || 36

37

|| 25 ||align=left| Christopher Bowers ||align=left| {{flagcountry|GBR}} || 84.19 || 0 || 13 || colspan=3| - || 138.21 || 50 || 37

38

|| 19 ||align=left| Vavřinec Hradilek ||align=left| {{flagcountry|CZE}} || 82.85 || 0 || 3 || colspan=3| - || 139.35 || 52 || 38

39

|| 26 ||align=left| Martin Srabotnik ||align=left| {{flagcountry|SLO}} || 85.55 || 0 || 25 || colspan=3| - || 139.37 || 52 || 39

40

|| 41 ||align=left| Rafał Polaczyk ||align=left| {{flagcountry|POL}} || 92.15 || 2 || 51 || 87.23 || 0 || 10 || 142.68 || 54 || 40

41

|| 29 ||align=left| Callum Gilbert ||align=left| {{flagcountry|NZL}} || 83.60 || 0 || 7 || colspan=3| - || 154.51 || 56 || 41

42

|| 34 ||align=left| Krzysztof Majerczak ||align=left| {{flagcountry|POL}} || 141.86 || 50 || 74 || 87.74 || 0 || 11 || colspan=6 rowspan=39| did not advance

43

|| 18 ||align=left| Martin Halčin ||align=left| {{flagcountry|SVK}} || 90.64 || 0 || 46 || 87.97 || 2 || 12

44

|| 52 ||align=left| Alistair McCreery ||align=left| {{flagcountry|IRL}} || 91.40 || 0 || 50 || 88.21 || 0 || 13

45

|| 59 ||align=left| Jordan Sherman ||align=left| {{flagcountry|USA}} || 90.78 || 0 || 47 || 88.48 || 0 || 14

46

|| 44 ||align=left| Fredrik Wahlén ||align=left| {{flagcountry|SWE}} || 89.18 || 0 || 45 || 88.82 || 0 || 15

47

|| 3 ||align=left| Joe Clarke ||align=left| {{flagcountry|GBR}} || 86.71 || 2 || 36 || 90.11 || 0 || 16

48

|| 70 ||align=left| Djanibek Temirgaliev ||align=left| {{flagcountry|UZB}} || 91.04 || 0 || 48 || 90.29 || 0 || 17

49

|| 35 ||align=left| Kazuya Adachi ||align=left| {{flagcountry|JPN}} || 87.22 || 2 || 38 || 91.61 || 0 || 18

50

|| 58 ||align=left| Kaelin Friedenson ||align=left| {{flagcountry|USA}} || 96.17 || 6 || 53 || 92.16 || 0 || 19

51

|| 53 ||align=left| Trevor Boyd ||align=left| {{flagcountry|CAN}} || 99.98 || 6 || 60 || 92.39 || 0 || 20

52

|| 45 ||align=left| Guilherme Rodrigues ||align=left| {{flagcountry|BRA}} || 89.13 || 0 || 44 || 93.11 || 2 || 21

53

|| 50 ||align=left| Martin Stanovsky ||align=left| {{flagcountry|KAZ}} || 96.94 || 2 || 55 || 95.93 || 2 || 22

54

|| 51 ||align=left| Yusuke Muto ||align=left| {{flagcountry|JPN}} || 87.73 || 0 || 40 || 96.25 || 6 || 23

55

|| 60 ||align=left| Angel Petrushev ||align=left| {{flagcountry|MKD}} || 97.05 || 2 || 56 || 96.47 || 2 || 24

56

|| 63 ||align=left| Milos Jevtic ||align=left| {{flagcountry|SRB}} || 103.72 || 2 || 63 || 96.48 || 2 || 25

57

|| 62 ||align=left| Moritz Kremslehner ||align=left| {{flagcountry|AUT}} || 94.58 || 2 || 52 || 96.84 || 0 || 26

58

|| 46 ||align=left| Zack Mutton ||align=left| {{flagcountry|NZL}} || 88.82 || 0 || 43 || 97.33 || 2 || 27

59

|| 71 ||align=left| Barkamol Mirzakhamdamov ||align=left| {{flagcountry|UZB}} || 96.88 || 2 || 54 || 99.73 || 2 || 28

60

|| 55 ||align=left| Mael Rivard ||align=left| {{flagcountry|CAN}} || 103.99 || 2 || 64 || 101.33 || 0 || 29

61

|| 77 ||align=left| Niek Hendriks ||align=left| {{flagcountry|NED}} || 99.02 || 4 || 58 || 102.20 || 4 || 30

62

|| 76 ||align=left| Donovan Wewege ||align=left| {{flagcountry|RSA}} || 130.84 || 2 || 71 || 102.66 || 2 || 31

63

|| 66 ||align=left| Ognjen Dimitrijevic ||align=left| {{flagcountry|SRB}} || 165.87 || 56 || 78 || 102.71 || 0 || 32

64

|| 78 ||align=left| Martins Plaudis ||align=left| {{flagcountry|LAT}} || 114.96 || 4 || 66 || 103.99 || 0 || 33

65

|| 64 ||align=left| Nour Ait Kaddour ||align=left| {{flagcountry|MAR}} || 99.91 || 2 || 59 || 105.99 || 6 || 34

66

|| 67 ||align=left| Marko Dordevic ||align=left| {{flagcountry|SRB}} || 98.59 || 2 || 57 || 110.25 || 0 || 35

67

|| 61 ||align=left| Gustas Malakauskas ||align=left| {{flagcountry|LTU}} || 103.12 || 4 || 61 || 110.57 || 0 || 36

68

|| 56 ||align=left| Jean-Benoit Lemay ||align=left| {{flagcountry|CAN}} || 148.48 || 52 || 75 || 110.99 || 8 || 37

69

|| 75 ||align=left| Vejas Pranskunas ||align=left| {{flagcountry|LTU}} || 121.38 || 6 || 69 || 115.14 || 6 || 38

70

|| 54 ||align=left| Andraz Echeverria Olguin ||align=left| {{flagcountry|CHI}} || 103.70 || 6 || 62 || 124.87 || 2 || 39

71

|| 69 ||align=left| Ricardo Fentanes ||align=left| {{flagcountry|MEX}} || 132.83 || 6 || 72 || 129.01 || 4 || 40

72

|| 79 ||align=left| Patrick Kozma ||align=left| {{flagcountry|ROU}} || 358.59 || 204 || 79 || 129.05 || 4 || 41

73

|| 38 ||align=left| Igor Tsviet ||align=left| {{flagcountry|UKR}} || 91.21 || 2 || 49 || 135.47 || 50 || 42

74

|| 74 ||align=left| Alexandr Voroshilov ||align=left| {{flagcountry|UZB}} || 104.80 || 0 || 65 || 156.68 || 52 || 43

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|| 72 ||align=left| Samuel Muturi ||align=left| {{flagcountry|KEN}} || 118.74 || 4 || 67 || 162.87 || 2 || 44

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|| 57 ||align=left| Jun Yi Ong ||align=left| {{flagcountry|SGP}} || 120.84 || 8 || 68 || 168.30 || 54 || 45

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|| 80 ||align=left| Matteo-Alexander Olar ||align=left| {{flagcountry|ROU}} || 122.56 || 8 || 70 || 170.97 || 4 || 46

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|| 68 ||align=left| Ignacio Bakovic ||align=left| {{flagcountry|CHI}} || 158.86 || 52 || 77 || 205.64 || 100 || 47

79

|| 65 ||align=left| Vilius Rasimavicius ||align=left| {{flagcountry|LTU}} || 155.76 || 56 || 76 || 211.65 || 106 || 48

80

|| 73 ||align=left| Levis Peter Karanja ||align=left| {{flagcountry|KEN}} || 611.85 || 514 || 80 || 542.62 || 458 || 49

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