By Nina Jelenc | The Krakow slalom course will host another major canoeing event this year. After the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup race took place in June it's the youngster’s turn this time. The 2015 ECA Junior and U23 European Canoe Slalom will start on Wednesday with an opening ceremony at the competition course, with first races following on Thursday.

More than 300 boats from 25 countries, including Germany, France, Great Britain, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Russia, Austria, Croatia, Portugal, Ukraine, Netherlands, Sweden, Andorra, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Greece, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey and of course Poland, will participate at this championships on the Vistula River.

The first competition day will start with the heats in women’s canoe and men’s canoe and kayak events in both age categories – junior and U23. In the morning part of the programme juniors will show their skills, while competitors in the U23 category will follow at 14:00. On Friday all the first heats runs of K1 women and C2 men will be run in the morning, with only the women’s second heats run following in the afternoon. Men’s C2 order will be determined after the first qualification run, because all participating boats will proceed to the semifinals and it has been agreed they will not start in the second run.

The first medals will be awarded on Saturday when we will see individual and team finals in C1 women, C1 men and K1 men events both in junior and U23 categories. The championships will conclude on Sunday with the K1 women and C2 men fighting for European Champion titles in individual and team events.

Links

• The organizers will provide a live stream of the Championships which will be available here: http://livestream.com/accounts/14790381/events/4281892
• http://canoeliveresults.com/">Live results: http://canoeliveresults.com/
• Official event website: http://ecaslalom.kayakpl.com/

PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE

Wednesday, 26/08/2015
20:00 – 21:00 Opening Ceremony

Thursday, 27/08/2015
9:00 – Heats Run 1: jun K1m, jun C1m, jun C1w
11:30 – Heats Run 2: jun K1m, jun C1m, jun C1w
14:00 – Heats Run 1: U23 K1m, U23 C1m, U23 C1w
16:17 – Heats Run 2: U23 K1w, C2m

Friday, 28/08/2015
10:00 – Heats Run 1: jun K1w, jun C2m
11:15 – Heats Run 1: U23 K1w, U23 C2m
13:30 – Heats Run 2, jun K1w, U23 K1w

Saturday, 29/08/2015
9:00 – Semifinal jun C1w, jun C1m, jun K1m
10:20 – Semifinal U23 C1w, U23 C1m, U23 K1m
12:30 – Finals jun C1w, jun C1m, jun K1m
13:30 – Finals U23 C1w, U23 C1m, U23 K1m
16:00 – Team events jun C1w, jun C1m, jun K1m, U23 C1w, U23 C1m, U23 K1m
19:15 Awards ceremony

Sunday, 30/08/2015
9:00 – Semifinal jun K1w, U23 K1w, jun C2m, U23 C2m
11:00 – Final jun K1w, U23 K1w, jun C2m, U23 C2m
13:30 – Team events jun K1w, jun C2m, U23 K1w, U23 C2m
15:40 Awards ceremony, closing ceremony