In the final of the third race of the World Cup in wild water slalom in Augsburg, Germany, Slovenian canoeists did not reach the podium for the winners. Both leading the total before the match Eva Alina and Stamped by Lin Hočevar in the final they didn’t do the best with the course and fell behind the best.
Eva Alina Hočevar, who came to Augsburg as the leader in the canoe standings after second place in Tacno and fourth in Prague, took fourth place in the qualifiers with two penalty seconds. In the final, her performance was a complete disaster, after the first gate she overturned the boat. With a gain of four seconds and a gap of 24.98 seconds, she was 11th.
The second Slovenian finalist fared better in the final Lea Novak. She narrowly missed the final with 12th place and was the first to run on the track. In the end, she finished seventh with a gap of 4.28 seconds. She was 23rd in the qualifications. Alja Capricorn. The Australian woman celebrated in the women’s final Jessica Fox in front of the Spaniard Nuria Vilarrubla and a Czech woman Martina Satkova. With this, the latter took the lead in the total of the cup, where it now has a four-point lead over Hočevar (137-133).
Eva Alina Hočevar’s performance today was not lucky. PHOTO: Nina Jelenc/KZS
The men’s final followed, where Žiga Lin Hočevar, after third place in the qualifications, chased for new podiums after winning his home race in Tacno, he was fourth in the canoe in Prague. In the final, his ride was not so smooth, with two penalty seconds left, he ended up seventh, behind the Italian winner Raffaello Ivaldi he was 3.15 seconds behind.
Ivaldi overtook the Briton by just seven hundredths of a second Adam Burgessthe Slovak was third Matej Benuš. However, Hočevar remained in first place in the cup standings, where Burgess is now second, and another Slovenian is third Luka Christmas. The latter did not make it to the finals today, he won 20th place in the qualifiers with the addition of two penalty seconds. In the final, he rowed against the Slovenians Benjamin Savšek, who was 11th in the qualifiers. But in the final, he did not pass two gates correctly and landed in 12th place with 100 penalty seconds.
On Sunday in Augsburg, there will still be fights in the kayak cross-country, from Slovenia Lea Novak is registered for performances, Naja PinteričEva Alina Hočevar, Jakob Shavli and Žiga Lin Hočevar. Already on Friday, male and female kayakers completed their tasks in the slalom. Of the Slovenians, only the winner from Tacno, Eva Alina Hočevar, who was eighth, and Peter Kauzer, who was 11th, made it to the finals.
