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Canoeing At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Slalom K-1
The men's K-1 slalom canoeing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 28 and 30 July 2021 at the Kasai Canoe Slalom Course. 24 canoeists from 24 nations competed. Jiří Prskavec from the Czech Republic won the event, Jakub Grigar from Slovakia was second, and Hannes Aigner from Germany third. Prskavec and Aigner were bronze medalists in this event at the 2016 and 2012 Olympics, respectively; for Grigar, this is the first Olympic medal. Background This was the ninth appearance of the event, having previously appeared in every Summer Olympics with slalom canoeing: 1972 and 1992–2016. Reigning Olympic champion Joe Clarke did not make the Great Britain team, with that nation selecting Bradley Forbes-Cryans instead. Reigning World Champion Jiří Prskavec of the Czech Republic, who won bronze at the 2016 Games, earned a place for his nation. Qualification A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter only 1 qualified canoeist in the men's slalom K-1 event. A t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasai Canoe Slalom Course
The Kasai Canoe Slalom Centre is a whitewater paddling venue, constructed to host the canoeing slalom events for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It is first artificial slalom course in Japan. The total construction cost of this venue was around 7 billion yen The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third-most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar (US$) and the euro. It is also widely used as a third reserve currency after the US dollar and the e ... (about $64 million) and it has the capacity 7,500 spectators. References Edogawa, Tokyo Venues of the 2020 Summer Olympics Sports venues in Tokyo Sports venues completed in 2019 2019 establishments in Japan Olympic canoeing venues Olympic kayaking venues Artificial whitewater courses {{Japan-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Delfour
Lucien Delfour (born 22 December 1988) is a French-Australian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006. He represented France in the 2006 season. Since 2010 he has represented Australia. Delfour qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.He completed his heats and semi-final successfully with an excellent time of 91.12 in his heats second run the highlight. Delfour finished 8th in the final of the Men's slalom K1 event with a time of 102.33. Early years Delfour was born in Papeete in French Polynesia, He has the nickname 'Lulu' and started canoeing in 1997 at the age of 8. Delfour enjoyed both the slalom and downriver disciplines but had to make a choice. From the age of 14 he decided to focus solely on slalom. He won silver in the 2006 European Junior Championships in Nottingham, Great Britain In 2010, Delfour moved to Australia and four years later became an Australian citizen. Achievements Training under Julien Billaut, Delfour secured the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isak Öhrström
Isak Öhrström (born 26 November 1990) is a Sweden, Swedish slalom canoeing, slalom canoeist and an Olympian who has competed since 2006. In 2008 as a junior he made it to the final at the World Championships in the Czech Republic. He also finished 4th at the Youth Olympic Games in Sydney 2009 after winning the semifinal. In Brazil 2016 he became the first Swedish athlete in history to compete in the Olympic Games in Canoe Slalom. He finished in 15th place in the Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1, K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. At the World Championships in Spain 2019 he qualified a nation quota for the Tokyo Olympic Games for Sweden. On the first ever race on the venue that will hold the Tokyo Olympic Games he finished in 5th place. Isak has been in several World Cup finals, including Prague 2015, Tacen 2016 and Tacen 2020 where he took the first ever world cup medal for Sweden with a gold. He has also won a number of race ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
