The Women's C1 at the 2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships took place on 23 and 26 September 2021 at the

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. It was the 9th official edition of the event, after it made its debut in

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. 44 athletes from 22 nations competed. The event was won by Elena Apel of Germany, securing her second medal of the Championships after she won silver in K1. Briton Mallory Franklin won silver for the fourth time, her fifth ever medal in this event. 2020 European Champion Gabriela Satková of the Czech Republic won bronze, her first individual medal at world championship level.

Background

Andrea Herzog Andrea Herzog (born 9 December 1999) is a German slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2014. Career She won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds in C1 (2019, 2022) and a silver in ...

of Germany entered the event as the reigning world champion, having taken the title in

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. This was the first World Championships since women's C1 made its Olympic debut at Tokyo, where Jess Fox won gold ahead of Mallory Franklin and Herzog. Czech

Tereza Fišerová Tereza Fišerová (born 23 February 1998) is a Czech Canoe slalom, slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2013. She won 10 medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (Mixed C2: 2019 ICF Canoe Sl ...

came into the event having taken her first World Cup overall title after winning the final round in Pau. All four were favourites for the title as the highest

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athletes by the ICF.

Competition format

The women's C1 event in

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uses a three-round format with heats, a semifinal and final. Athletes complete up to two runs in the heats. In the first heat, the 20 fastest women qualify automatically for the semifinal, whilst the rest complete another run in the repêchage second heat for a further 10 qualification positions. The final rank of non-qualifying athletes is determined by their second run score. Athletes start in the reverse order of their heats position in the semifinal and complete a single run, with the top 10 advancing to the final. The athlete with the best time in the single-run final is awarded gold. Penalties of 2 or 50 seconds are incurred for infractions such as missing a gate, touching a gate, or not negotiating gates in numerical order. A team may request up to one review of a penalty per boat in the heats or semifinals phases, with no enquiries considered in the finals.

Schedule

All times are

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Results

Kimberley Woods set the fastest time in the first heat with a penalty-free 92.11. This was particularly significant, given she had been in a wheelchair a week earlier, following a car accident. Fellow countrywoman Mallory Franklin set the second fastest time, ahead of Australian Jessica Fox. World No. 5

Ana Sátila Ana Sátila Vieira Vargas (born 13 March 1996) is a Brazilian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2011. Career She began sport training at the age of 4 and qualified for the Olympics at the age of 15. In 2015, S ...

did not qualify directly to the semifinal after receiving a 50-second penalty but set the second fastest time of the day to win the second heat. The Russian Canoe Federation's Alsu Minazova topped the semifinal with a time of 103.55 ahead of

Angèle Hug Angèle Hug (born 30 July 2000) is a French slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2017. She competes in the C1 and K1 events, having competed in C2 Mixed with Théo Roisin in 2017. She is from Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieu ...

of France. In an upset semifinal on a difficult course, Olympic Champion Fox, European Champion Miren Lazkano, World Cup overall winner

and reigning World Champion

were all eliminated - the first two after incurring 50 second penalties. Fox' penalty meant that she would leave the World Championships without a medal in a canoe slalom event for the first time since

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and without making a final for the first time in her entire career. Elena Apel of Germany backed up her silver medal in K1 by becoming the 2021 C1W World Champion in a time of 99.03, including a 2-second penalty. Olympic silver-medallist Franklin won silver, whilst 2020 European Champion Gabriela Satková took bronze. In a marked difference to the semifinal where just three athletes completed clean runs, only two athletes took penalties, including Apel. Penalties are included in the time shown. The fastest time in each round is shown in bold.

References

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