Slovakia's Hochschorner brothers made history today with a super clean, super fast final run to claim an unprecedented fifth World title - and their fourth in a row in Men's C2 at the International Canoe Federation Canoe Slalom World Championships.

The Hochschorners showed as much emotion as they ever have - raising their hands over their heads and smiling broadly - as the world's most understated champions crossed the finish line in 106.76 putting them in first place. The Hochschorners still had to wait anxiously for three more boats to cross the finish line before they knew for sure that their title was assured.

As the time of the last challengers was posted on the big screens around the venue - 107.49 by France's Fabien Lefevre and Denis Gargaud Chanut 107.49 - the deafening outburst of spectator applause, cheers, horns and noisemakers from the heavily partisan hometown Slovakian crowd gave audio confirmation that the Hochschorners had indeed sealed the victory.

Peter Hochschorner explained that in addition to the pressure of having a World title streak and Olympic quota on the line, brother Pavol had a toothache, the pain of which was a concern. On the water, tooth pain melted away replaced by the attention-demanding middle stretch, Gates 9 through 13, which Hochschorner confirmed may have been the technical crux of the course. Of the 22 gates, Gate 12 probably dished out the most penalties and time-costing errors of any on the course.

Having to wait even longer to learn their fate were Slovakian cousins Ladislav and Peter Skantar. Seeded at the top going intothe semifinal, the Skantars barely squeeked into the final in 10th place. Clearly fueled by their lackluster semifinal result, the Skantars threw down the gauntlet in the opening run of the final with a blistering 109.86 that held up for 15 minutes and the next five boats, all the way until their countrymen, the Hochshorners, pushed them into second. As expected, Peter Skantar admitted the wait to see how others might impact their fate and medal position was at last mildly nerve-wracking. The final boat of Lefevre/Chanut pushed them down one more podium place to third. 

World Championship drama continues this afternoon with heats of C1 Men and Women.

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