2012 Canoe Slalom World Cup

The 2012 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 5 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 25th edition.

Calendar

The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Cardiff, Wales (June 8–10) and ended with the World Cup Final in Bratislava, Slovakia (August 31 – September 2).^[1]

Label	Venue	Date
World Cup Race 1	Cardiff	June 8–10
World Cup Race 2	Pau	June 15–17
World Cup Race 3	La Seu d'Urgell	June 22–24
World Cup Race 4	Prague	August 24–26
World Cup Final	Bratislava	August 31 - September 2

Final standings

The winner of each race was awarded 60 points. Points for lower places differed from one category to another. Every participant was guaranteed at least 2 points for participation and 5 points for qualifying for the semifinal run. If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points, the ranking was determined by their positions in the World Cup Final.^[1]

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C-1 men Pos Athlete Points 1  Alexander Slafkovský (SVK) 261 2  Ander Elosegi (ESP) 204 3  Matej Beňuš (SVK) 177 4  Jan Benzien (GER) 171 5  Nico Bettge (GER) 167 6  Vítězslav Gebas (CZE) 165 7  David Florence (GBR) 164 8  Benjamin Savšek (SLO) 157 9  Thibaut Vielliard (FRA) 155 10  Karol Rozmuš (SVK) 154

C-1 women Pos Athlete Points 1  Rosalyn Lawrence (AUS) 220 2  Kateřina Hošková (CZE) 215 3  Caroline Loir (FRA) 203 4  Oriane Rebours (FRA) 148 5  Claire Jacquet (FRA) 136 6  Viktoriia Dobrotvorska (UKR) 115 7  Núria Vilarrubla (ESP) 112 8  Anna Kašparová (CZE) 111 9  Mallory Franklin (GBR) 105 10  Monika Jančová (CZE) 103

C-2 men Pos Athletes Points 1  Pierre Labarelle/Nicolas Peschier (FRA) 263 2  Ladislav Škantár/Peter Škantár (SVK) 224 3  Sašo Taljat/Luka Božič (SLO) 174 4  Piotr Szczepański/Marcin Pochwała (POL) 166 5  Franz Anton/Jan Benzien (GER) 159 6  Robert Behling/Thomas Becker (GER) 126 7  Timothy Baillie/Etienne Stott (GBR) 126 8  Gauthier Klauss/Matthieu Peche (FRA) 120 9  Jonáš Kašpar/Marek Šindler (CZE) 106 10  Jesús Pérez/Daniel Marzo (ESP) 102

K-1 men Pos Athlete Points 1  Etienne Daille (FRA) 285 2  Fabian Dörfler (GER) 210 3  Vavřinec Hradilek (CZE) 183 4  Sebastian Schubert (GER) 179 5  Paul Böckelmann (GER) 167 6  Lucien Delfour (AUS) 167 7  Jure Meglič (SLO) 157 8  Martin Halčin (SVK) 145 9  Boris Neveu (FRA) 142 10  Ciarán Heurteau (IRL) 134

K-1 women Pos Athlete Points 1  Urša Kragelj (SLO) 228 2  Kateřina Kudějová (CZE) 199 3  Jana Dukátová (SVK) 197 4  Cindy Pöschel (GER) 167 5  Elizabeth Neave (GBR) 166 6  Melanie Pfeifer (GER) 164 7  Violetta Oblinger-Peters (AUT) 152 8  Corinna Kuhnle (AUT) 150 9  Maialen Chourraut (ESP) 150 10  Carole Bouzidi (FRA) 142

Results

World Cup Race 1

The opening race of the series was set to start on June 8 with heats in the men's and women's C-1 and the men's K-1. Rain and wind forced the organizers to cancel these heats and the competition resumed a day later with semifinals in these events.^[3] David Florence made history by becoming the first paddler to win two gold medals in one world cup meeting. He won the men's C-1 and C-2 events. Great Britain won the medal table with 2 golds and 1 bronze.

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C-1 men[4]	David Florence (GBR)	100.46	Alexander Lipatov (RUS)	102.08	Alexander Slafkovský (SVK)	102.57
C-1 women[5]	Rosalyn Lawrence (AUS)	133.57	Jessica Fox (AUS)	140.07	Mallory Franklin (GBR)	144.46
C-2 men[6]	United Kingdom David Florence Richard Hounslow	108.29	Slovenia Sašo Taljat Luka Božič	108.31	Slovakia Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	109.04
K-1 men[7]	Sebastian Schubert (GER)	93.02	Etienne Daille (FRA)	93.24	Paul Böckelmann (GER)	93.61
K-1 women[8]	Maialen Chourraut (ESP)	104.40	Jana Dukátová (SVK)	104.70	Cindy Pöschel (GER)	106.70

World Cup Race 2

The second world cup race of the season was dominated by the home French paddlers who won 4 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze.

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C-1 men[9]	Tony Estanguet (FRA)	100.79	Grzegorz Kiljanek (POL)	108.61	Alexander Slafkovský (SVK)	108.70
C-1 women[10]	Caroline Loir (FRA)	140.79	Kateřina Hošková (CZE)	142.91	Claire Jacquet (FRA)	146.83
C-2 men[11]	France Pierre Labarelle Nicolas Peschier	109.38	Slovakia Ladislav Škantár Peter Škantár	111.75	China Hu Minghai Shu Junrong	112.02
K-1 men[12]	Etienne Daille (FRA)	100.17	Jan Vondra (CZE)	101.46	Lucien Delfour (AUS)	105.40
K-1 women[13]	Maialen Chourraut (ESP)	108.34	Carole Bouzidi (FRA)	110.20	Elizabeth Neave (GBR)	112.58

World Cup Race 3

The third round of the world cup series was once again dominated by the French paddlers who took home 3 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronzes. Spain won one gold and one bronze.

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C-1 men[14]	Jordi Domenjó (ESP)	98.65	David Florence (GBR)	98.69	Tony Estanguet (FRA)	100.82
C-1 women[15]	Caroline Loir (FRA)	125.12	Kateřina Hošková (CZE)	129.02	Núria Vilarrubla (ESP)	134.11
C-2 men[16]	France Pierre Labarelle Nicolas Peschier	106.39	Slovakia Ladislav Škantár Peter Škantár	107.79	Germany Robert Behling Thomas Becker	108.23
K-1 men[17]	Etienne Daille (FRA)	92.50	Fabian Dörfler (GER)	93.66	Vivien Colober (FRA)	93.76
K-1 women[18]	Urša Kragelj (SLO)	104.66	Émilie Fer (FRA)	106.17	Kateřina Kudějová (CZE)	106.52

World Cup Race 4

French paddlers continued their success also at the penultimate world cup by winning 3 golds and 2 silvers. The home Czech team could only manage 1 bronze medal in the men's single canoe. Etienne Daille sealed the overall world cup title before the final round thanks to his third straight win and fourth straight podium finish.

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C-1 men[19]	Benjamin Savšek (SLO)	94.07	Alexander Slafkovský (SVK)	96.45	Vítězslav Gebas (CZE)	97.42
C-1 women[20]	Caroline Loir (FRA)	117.87	Mallory Franklin (GBR)	119.50	Lena Stöcklin (GER)	123.85
C-2 men[21]	France Pierre Labarelle Nicolas Peschier	102.78	France Gauthier Klauss Matthieu Peche	103.90	Slovenia Sašo Taljat Luka Božič	104.17
K-1 men[22]	Etienne Daille (FRA)	89.72	Mateusz Polaczyk (POL)	90.90	Fabian Dörfler (GER)	90.95
K-1 women[23]	Jana Dukátová (SVK)	103.27	Carole Bouzidi (FRA)	104.79	Ricarda Funk (GER)	105.08

World Cup Final

The final event of the series took place in Bratislava, Slovakia and it was the home country that emerged at the top of the medal table thanks to 3 gold medals. The overall world cup champions were crowned at this event.

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C-1 men[24]	Alexander Slafkovský (SVK)	111.88	Anže Berčič (SLO)	112.72	Vítězslav Gebas (CZE)	112.81
C-1 women[25]	Katarína Macová (SVK)	144.06	Rosalyn Lawrence (AUS)	147.23	Oriane Rebours (FRA)	147.63
C-2 men[26]	Germany Franz Anton Jan Benzien	123.21	Poland Piotr Szczepański Marcin Pochwała	124.02	France Pierre Labarelle Nicolas Peschier	124.75
K-1 men[27]	Jure Meglič (SLO)	105.82	Boris Neveu (FRA)	106.03	Etienne Daille (FRA)	106.06
K-1 women[28]	Jana Dukátová (SVK)	120.99	Kateřina Kudějová (CZE)	124.60	Urša Kragelj (SLO)	124.95

References

1. 2012 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup Series Information - accessed April 8, 2012
2. "World Cup Standings".
3. "Athlete Quotes from Cardiff". Retrieved 9 June 2012.
4. C1M official result list - World Cup Race 1 - Retrieved June 09, 2012
5. C1W official result list - World Cup Race 1 - Retrieved June 09, 2012
6. C2M official result list - World Cup Race 1 - Retrieved June 10, 2012
7. K1M official result list - World Cup Race 1 - Retrieved June 09, 2012
8. K1W official result list - World Cup Race 1 - Retrieved June 10, 2012
9. C1M official result list - World Cup Race 2 - Retrieved June 16, 2012
10. C1W official result list - World Cup Race 2 - Retrieved June 16, 2012
11. C2M official result list - World Cup Race 2 - Retrieved June 17, 2012
12. K1M official result list - World Cup Race 2 - Retrieved June 16, 2012
13. K1W official result list - World Cup Race 2 - Retrieved June 17, 2012
14. C1M official result list - World Cup Race 3 - Retrieved June 23, 2012
15. C1W official result list - World Cup Race 3 - Retrieved June 23, 2012
16. C2M official result list - World Cup Race 3 - Retrieved June 24, 2012
17. K1M official result list - World Cup Race 3 - Retrieved June 23, 2012
18. K1W official result list - World Cup Race 3 - Retrieved June 24, 2012
19. C1M official result list - World Cup Race 4 - Retrieved August 26, 2012
20. C1W official result list - World Cup Race 4 - Retrieved August 26, 2012
21. C2M official result list - World Cup Race 4 - Retrieved August 26, 2012
22. K1M official result list - World Cup Race 4 - Retrieved August 26, 2012
23. K1W official result list - World Cup Race 4 - Retrieved August 26, 2012
24. C1M official result list - World Cup Final - Retrieved September 3, 2012
25. C1W official result list - World Cup Final - Retrieved September 3, 2012
26. C2M official result list - World Cup Final - Retrieved September 3, 2012
27. K1M official result list - World Cup Final - Retrieved September 3, 2012
28. K1W official result list - World Cup Final - Retrieved September 3, 2012

External links

• International Canoe Federation
• Canoe Slalom World Cup