Few if any surprises marked the opening day results at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
In women’s K1 prelims, hometown girl Maialen Chourrat lit up the crowd with a sizzling run in the first heat that withstood decidedly better finishes for many of the top seeds in their second run.
France’s Emilie Fer, who comes to these championships ranked second in this year’s European Championships and finished 7th in Beijing, said she didn’t think there were any big surprises in the K1 women’s results. She said she fully expected Fer to finish well because this is her home course, even though she was only seeded 16th.
Fer also didn’t seem terribly worried about the order of finish today since for the next round, the clock starts at zero again.
Slalom racing continues tomorrow with the women’s C1 demonstration event.
The action starts at 09:00 and is expected to finish around 16:00.
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