2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

The 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held 8–12 September 2010 at Tacen Whitewater Course, Slovenia under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the record-tying third time. It was the 33rd edition. Tacen hosted the event previously in 1955 and 1991 when it was part of Yugoslavia, and joins the following cities that have hosted the event three times: Spittal, Austria (1963, 1965, and 1977); Meran, Italy (1953, 1971, and 1983); Bourg St.-Maurice, France (1969, 1987, and 2002); and Augsburg, Germany (1957, 1985, and 2003). Women's single canoe (C1W) events became a medal event after being an exhibition in the previous championships.

Logo of the 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.

Ten nations won medals at the championships, the most since the 2005 championships in Penrith. Slovakia was the big winner with five medals including three golds and two silvers. Men's canoe top medalists were Slovak Michal Martikán and France's Denis Gargaud Chanut and Fabien Lefèvre, each with two medals (one gold and one silver). Lefèvre became the first canoeist to medal in both canoe and kayak disciplines at the same championship while Jana Dukátová of Slovakia became the first woman to win gold in the C1 event and the first woman to medal in both canoe and kayak disciplines at the same championship. Dukátová won silver in the K1 women's event the day before. Italy's Daniele Molmenti won two medals in men's kayak with gold in K1 and bronze in K1 team.

Weather conditions forced schedule changes when flow from the River Sava increased water flow fivefold, resulting in course damage that delayed competition for nearly a day on 9 September.

Event's corporate images

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The logo comprised elements connected to the sport and the event's organization.[1] Main motif of two paddles that made up the letter X, which was the Roman numeral for 10 which is for 2010.[1] It also is for the Roman Empire settlement of Emona, located in present-day Ljubljana, located near Tacen.[1] The paddles in the middle of the boat are not connected deliberately to communicate both canoeing and kayaking.[1]

Main motif is framed by a crest which comprises two lines.[1] The bottom line is a copy of the boat in the transverse section while the top line is a copy of the boat in the vertical section.[1] The crest carries a sense of nobility and that the sport in the past was connected with both townspeople and aristocrats along with environmental protection.[1] Waves shown flanking the crest link the event's organizer with the ICF.[1]

Short name

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SLOKA has two names: SLalOm KAyak and Canoe Championships or SLOvene KAyak and canoe.[1] It is acceptable in foreign languages that does not contain any special Slovene characters.[1]

Slogan

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The slogan Wild water, pure joy (Divja voda, čisti užitek is (in Slovene)) describes the essence of conquering the rapids refers to wild water and pleasure simultaneously.[1] This slogan is in green and blue that combines water pleasures and ecology.[1]

Mascot

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The crawfish is a symbol of clean water and life in and around that water.[1] It is also an independent and distinctive character to enhance the story of motion and vivacity that also evokes positive motions.[1]

Schedule

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This was the schedule listed as of 15 August 2010.[2] All times listed are CEST (UTC+2).[2]

Event Date Starting Time Event Details
7 September 16:00 Official team leaders team meeting
20:00 Opening ceremony
8 September 10:00 Demonstration run for heats
14:30 Heats C2 and K1W
9 September 10:00 Heats C1M and C1W
15:00 Heats K1M
20:00 Reception for team leaders and officials
10 September 10:00 Heats team events in all categories
15:00 Finals team events in all categories
16:40 Medal ceremonies for team events
18:00 Demonstration run for finals
20:00 VIP and Team Leaders reception
11 September 11:00 Semifinals C2 and K1W
14:30 Finals C2 and K1W
15:30 Medals presentation C2 and K1W
12 September 09:30 Semifinals C1M, C1W, and K1M
14:30 Finals C1M and C1W
15:25 Medal ceremony C1M and C1W
15:35 Finals K1M
16:10 Medal ceremony for K1M
16:30 Closing ceremony

K1 heats for 9 September were postponed due to the River Sava water flows exceeding 250 m3 (8,800 cu ft)/ sec. K1 heats were moved to 10 September at 14:30.[3] Two days earlier, the schedule was also revised for all individual events to flow along the river rising from a level of 50 to 250 m3 (1,800 to 8,800 cu ft)/ sec.[4]

A revised schedule was issued on 10 September. The C1W team event was canceled as a result of the schedule change.[5]

Event Date Starting Time Event Details
10 September 11:00 Team leaders meeting
14:30 Heats K1M
16:40 Officials meeting
20:00 VIP and Team Leaders reception
11 September 11:00 Semifinals C2 and K1W
14:30 Finals C2 and K1W
15:30 Medals presentation C2 and K1W
16:30 Team finals C2 and K1W
17:30 Medals presentation team C2 and K1W
12 September 09:30 Semifinals C1M, C1W, and K1M
14:30 Finals C1M, C1W, and K1M
16:00 Medal presentation C1W
16:30 Team finals C1M and K1M
17:45 Medal presentation C1M, K1M
18:00 Medal presentation team C1M, K1M
18:17 Closing ceremony

Medal summary

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Men's

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Canoe

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Event Gold Points Silver Points Bronze Points
C1[6]   Tony Estanguet (FRA) 95.70   Michal Martikán (SVK) 98.61   Jordi Domenjó (ESP) 99.41
C1 team[7]   Slovakia
Michal Martikán
Alexander Slafkovský
Matej Beňuš
105.34   Germany
Sideris Tasiadis
Jan Benzien
Franz Anton
106.71   Czech Republic
Stanislav Ježek
Jan Mašek
Michal Jáně
110.67
C2[8]   Slovakia
Pavol Hochschorner
Peter Hochschorner
105.35   France
Denis Gargaud Chanut
Fabien Lefèvre
109.00   Great Britain
David Florence
Richard Hounslow
109.36
C2 team[9]   France
Denis Gargaud Chanut & Fabien Lefèvre
Gauthier Klauss & Matthieu Péché
Pierre Picco & Hugo Biso
124.90   Czech Republic
Jaroslav Volf & Ondřej Štěpánek
Tomáš Koplík & Jakub Vrzáň
Lukáš Přinda & Jan Havlíček
125.70   Germany
Kai Müller & Kevin Müller
Robert Behling & Thomas Becker
David Schröder & Frank Henze
126.78

Kayak

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Event Gold Points Silver Points Bronze Points
K1[10]   Daniele Molmenti (ITA) 91.00   Vavřinec Hradilek (CZE) 91.56   Jure Meglič (SLO) 93.74
K1 team[11]   Germany
Alexander Grimm
Fabian Dörfler
Hannes Aigner
101.80   France
Pierre Bourliaud
Boris Neveu
Fabien Lefèvre
102.92   Italy
Daniele Molmenti
Diego Paolini
Stefano Cipressi
103.55

Women's

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Canoe

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Event Gold Points Silver Points Bronze Points
C1[12]   Jana Dukátová (SVK) 125.71   Leanne Guinea (AUS) 131.90   Jessica Fox (AUS) 134.18

Kayak

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Event Gold Points Silver Points Bronze Points
K1[13]   Corinna Kuhnle (AUT) 102.64   Jana Dukátová (SVK) 107.73   Violetta Oblinger-Peters (AUT) 110.06
K1 team[14]   Czech Republic
Štěpánka Hilgertová
Irena Pavelková
Marie Řihošková
126.23   Germany
Jennifer Bongardt
Jasmin Schornberg
Melanie Pfeifer
131.42   Slovenia
Eva Terčelj
Nina Mozetič
Urša Kragelj
136.11

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Slovakia (SVK)3205
2  France (FRA)2204
3  Czech Republic (CZE)1214
  Germany (GER)1214
5  Austria (AUT)1012
  Italy (ITA)1012
7  Australia (AUS)0112
8  Slovenia (SLO)0022
9  Great Britain (GBR)0011
  Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (10 entries)99927

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Corporate image of the 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. Archived 2010-09-11 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 10 February 2010.
  2. ^ a b 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships provisional program. Archived 2010-09-11 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 15 August 2010.
  3. ^ "New info: Programme postponed!" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships official website (9 September 2010 accessed 9 September 2010).
  4. ^ "Revised programme" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine – 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships news (7 September 2010 accessed 10 September 2010).
  5. ^ Revised 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships schedule on 10 September 2010. Archived 2010-09-09 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 10 September 2010.
  6. ^ 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 12 September 2010 C1 men's final results. Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 12 September 2010.
  7. ^ 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 12 September 2010 C1 men's team final results Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 12 September 2010.
  8. ^ 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 11 September 2010 C2 men's final results Archived 27 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 11 September 2010.
  9. ^ 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 11 September 2010 C2 men's team final results. Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 11 September 2010.
  10. ^ 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 12 September 2010 K1 men's final results. Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 12 September 2010.
  11. ^ 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 12 September 2010 K1 men's team final results Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 12 September 2010.
  12. ^ 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 12 September 2010 -1 women's final results. Archived 12 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 12 September 2010.
  13. ^ 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 11 September 2010 K1 women's final results. Archived 27 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 11 September 2010.
  14. ^ 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 11 September 2010 K1 women's team final results. Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 11 September 2010.
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