2015 ICF World Championships Slalom
 
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K1M
CZ J. PRSKAVEC
PL M. POLACZYK
US M. SMOLEN
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CZ K. KUDEJOVA
DE R. FUNK
DE M. PFEIFER
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GB D. FLORENCE
SI B. SAVSEK
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AU J. FOX
CZ K. HOSKOVA
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Freestyle

2012 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Cup #2 Concludes on the Pigeon River

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Peter Csonka (SVK), continued his domination of the 2012 Freestyle World Cup Series, finishing first with a final score of 1416. Csonka took the lead after both the preliminary and the quarter final rounds. He was seeded in second place behind Dane Jackson (USA) coming out of the semifinal, but local Dane Jackson (USA) , a resident of Rock Island, Tennessee, couldn’t quite match Csonka’s score in the final round, finishing second with 1380 points. In third place was Joaquim Fontane (ESP) from Barcelona, with a score of 1160.

In the Women’s Kayak category, Dane’s sister Emily Jackson (USA) came in second with a score of 486. Great Britain’s Claire O’Hara was the women’s champion at the Pigeon River World Cup and finished with an incredible 586 points, an impressive ride in the K1 Women’s Class. Nina Csonkova (SVK) was third with 416 points.

Athletes credited the high scores to the impressive freestyle feature on the Pigeon River. “It’s pretty much your ideal freestyle hole, and it really enables athletes to deliver world-class performances,” said Australian coach and competitor Jez Jez. Jez finished 4th in the C1 (decked-canoe) class. Dane Jackson, Jordan Poffenberger, and Seth Chappelle, all of USA, finished first, second, and third, respectively.

world cup freestyle usa pigeon tennessee hartford 2012 icf usack river whitewater sportsceneCompetitors have now absolved two of the three events of the 2012 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Cup Series. This week, they turn their attention to the Nantahala Gorge. “The Nantahala is the most important of the three,” said Csonka, who is in the lead for the men’s World Cup title, “because that is where the World Championships will be next year.” Csonka, along with many other international athletes, who have been training in the southeast for the past month in preparation for the World Cup, plans to return to Western North Carolina in the spring of 2013 to complete his preparation for the upcoming World Championships.

For now, however, all are focused on the World Cup Final. “Each event, each ride, event, has to be taken as a single unit,” said competitor Kathleen Levitt, of Chattanooga, Tennessee. “You have to put both the good and the bad ones behind you, and concentrate on the task at hand.” Levitt, who is an artist and metal-worker as well as an athlete, has been commissioned to make the awards for the World Cup overall champion. As she puts the past two events behind her, she will have one last shot for a result that will bring one of the trophies back home with her.

For results and a daily re-cap of events, visit www.FreestyleKayaking2013.com