2023 Canoe Slalom World Cup

The 2023 Canoe Slalom World Cup was the highest level season-long series of competitions across six canoe slalom disciplines organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 36th edition and featured five stops (or races) in five different venues.

Nele Bayn (Germany) at the Canoe Slalom WC Prague

Canoeists competed for the title of the overall world cup champion in each of the six disciplines (3 for men and 3 for women), which was determined by the total number of points obtained from the five races.

Calendar

The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Augsburg, Germany (1–4 June) and concluded with the World Cup Final in Vaires-sur-Marne, France (5-8 October).^[1]

Label	Venue	Date
World Cup Race 1	Augsburg	1–4 June
World Cup Race 2	Prague	8–11 June
World Cup Race 3	Tacen	15–18 June
World Cup Race 4	La Seu	31 August – 3 September
World Cup Final	Vaires-sur-Marne	5–8 October

Standings

The winner of each race was awarded 60 points (with double points awarded for the World Cup Final). Points for lower places differed from one category to another. Every participant was guaranteed at least 2 points for participation and 5 points for qualifying for the semifinal.^[2]

C1 men Pos Athlete GER CZE SLO ESP FRA Points 1  Luka Božič (SLO) 9 16 1 2 4 270 2  Matej Beňuš (SVK) 2 2 8 5 8 268 3  Raffaello Ivaldi (ITA) 17 4 30 1 1 257 4  Benjamin Savšek (SLO) 7 1 3 29 9 229 5  Jiří Prskavec (CZE) 3 9 12 24 5 222 6  Adam Burgess (GBR) 15 8 5 8 10 216 7  Miquel Travé (ESP) 5 6 3 186 8  Nicolas Gestin (FRA) 4 26 7 6 183 9  Marko Mirgorodský (SVK) 11 13 3 11 176 10  Václav Chaloupka (CZE) 5 6 14 15 171

C1 women Pos Athlete GER CZE SLO ESP FRA Points 1  Jessica Fox (AUS) 1 1 10 1 1 334 2  Kimberley Woods (GBR) 7 5 3 5 222 3  Viktoriia Us (UKR) 13 13 2 8 11 217 4  Elena Lilik (GER) 3 8 1 15 28 194 5  Zuzana Paňková (SVK) 8 6 19 6 188 6  Evy Leibfarth (USA) 19 11 15 12 10 183 7  Mallory Franklin (GBR) 4 9 3 182 8  Noemie Fox (AUS) 28 24 4 17 7 178 9  Gabriela Satková (CZE) 3 25 2 175 10  Angèle Hug (FRA) 2 9 21 16 167

K1 men Pos Athlete GER CZE SLO ESP FRA Points 1  Vít Přindiš (CZE) 11 2 2 3 2 304 2  Giovanni De Gennaro (ITA) 1 3 6 7 9 271 3  Jiří Prskavec (CZE) 5 1 1 38 7 252 4  Jonny Dickson (GBR) 19 6 14 9 2 248 5  Titouan Castryck (FRA) 10 5 5 1 244 6  Lucien Delfour (AUS) 4 8 10 11 6 240 7  Joseph Clarke (GBR) 2 21 9 2 16 231 8  Hannes Aigner (GER) 3 9 4 17 11 229 9  Jakub Krejčí (CZE) 6 7 30 12 17 187 10  Dariusz Popiela (POL) 9 33 5 15 15 184

K1 women Pos Athlete GER CZE SLO ESP FRA Points 1  Jessica Fox (AUS) 26 1 1 2 1 308 2  Elena Lilik (GER) 1 12 3 5 4 277 3  Klaudia Zwolińska (POL) 4 7 4 13 3 262 4  Stefanie Horn (ITA) 2 14 3 10 202 5  Mònica Dòria Vilarrubla (AND) 7 9 8 7 194 6  Eva Terčelj (SLO) 18 16 5 16 12 185 7  Corinna Kuhnle (AUT) 5 13 2 184 8  Luuka Jones (NZL) 6 23 14 5 178 9  Viktoriia Us (UKR) 16 26 2 12 22 168 10  Eliška Mintálová (SVK) 10 18 1 20 165

Kayak cross men Pos Athlete GER CZE SLO ESP FRA Points 1  Joseph Clarke (GBR) 3 35 1 2 13 189 2  Boris Neveu (FRA) 61 7 9 1 171 3  Timothy Anderson (AUS) 5 12 8 12 6 161 4  Finn Butcher (NZL) 48 26 5 2 156 5  Jan Rohrer (SUI) 8 2 1 22 148 6  Titouan Castryck (FRA) 14 3 34 5 141 7  Anatole Delassus (FRA) 2 3 10 139 8  Dimitri Marx (SUI) 34 1 4 14 125 9  Vít Přindiš (CZE) 26 11 14 33 4 120 10  Isak Öhrström (SWE) 19 8 6 8 114

Kayak cross women Pos Athlete GER CZE SLO ESP FRA Points 1  Kimberley Woods (GBR) 25 1 2 2 229 2  Luuka Jones (NZL) 9 7 6 1 204 3  Jessica Fox (AUS) 5 3 18 3 194 4  Stefanie Horn (ITA) 1 3 7 14 158 5  Veronika Vojtová (CZE) 5 35 1 8 152 6  Noemie Fox (AUS) 26 26 5 13 5 139 7  Viktoriia Us (UKR) 6 16 14 5 9 127 8  Nikita Setchell (GBR) 35 34 13 10 4 122 9  Ana Sátila (BRA) 2 25 4 21 112 10  Tereza Fišerová (CZE) 10 2 8 18 105

Points

• World Cup points were awarded based on the results of each race at each event as follows:^[2]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
C1 M	60	55	50	46	44	42	40	38	36	34
C1 W	60	55	50	46	44	42	40	38	36	34
K1 M	60	55	50	44	43	42	41	40	39	38
K1 W	60	55	50	46	44	42	40	38	36	34
Kayak cross	60	55	50	45	40	35	30	25	19	17

Results

World Cup Race 1

1–4 June in Augsburg, Germany

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C1 men[3]	Sideris Tasiadis (GER)	98.25	Matej Beňuš (SVK)	101.33	Jiří Prskavec (CZE)	101.44
C1 women[4]	Jessica Fox (AUS)	105.04	Angèle Hug (FRA)	111.55	Elena Lilik (GER)	112.10
K1 men[5]	Giovanni De Gennaro (ITA)	90.71	Joseph Clarke (GBR)	93.69	Hannes Aigner (GER)	93.74
K1 women[6]	Elena Lilik (GER)	101.66	Stefanie Horn (ITA)	105.95	Viktoria Wolffhardt (AUT)	106.14
Kayak cross men[7]	Benjamin Renia (FRA)		Martin Dougoud (SUI)		Joseph Clarke (GBR)
Kayak cross women[8]	Stefanie Horn (ITA)		Ana Sátila (BRA)		Mònica Dòria Vilarrubla (AND)

World Cup Race 2

8–11 June in Prague, Czech Republic

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C1 men[9]	Benjamin Savšek (SLO)	97.65	Matej Beňuš (SVK)	101.26	Jules Bernardet (FRA)	102.90
C1 women[10]	Jessica Fox (AUS)	109.13	Mònica Dòria Vilarrubla (AND)	110.57	Gabriela Satková (CZE)	111.02
K1 men[11]	Jiří Prskavec (CZE)	89.67	Vít Přindiš (CZE)	90.55	Giovanni De Gennaro (ITA)	90.82
K1 women[12]	Jessica Fox (AUS)	98.95	Ricarda Funk (GER)	103.58	Mallory Franklin (GBR)	104.90
Kayak cross men[13]	Dimitri Marx (SUI)		Jan Rohrer (SUI)		Titouan Castryck (FRA)
Kayak cross women[14]	Kimberley Woods (GBR)		Tereza Fišerová (CZE)		Stefanie Horn (ITA)

World Cup Race 3

15–18 June in Tacen, Slovenia. The third world cup was skipped by many of the top European paddlers in favor of preparation for the European Games in Kraków, which would also serve as the European qualifier for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C1 men[15]	Luka Božič (SLO)	90.29	Zachary Lokken (USA)	91.43	Benjamin Savšek (SLO)	93.14
C1 women[16]	Elena Lilik (GER)	101.97	Viktoriia Us (UKR)	105.27	Eva Alina Hočevar (SLO)	108.00
K1 men[17]	Jiří Prskavec (CZE)	85.02	Vít Přindiš (CZE)	89.46	Felix Oschmautz (AUT)	90.05
K1 women[18]	Jessica Fox (AUS)	96.22	Viktoriia Us (UKR)	98.91	Elena Lilik (GER)	98.92
Kayak cross men[19]	Joseph Clarke (GBR)		Anatole Delassus (FRA)		Stefan Hengst (GER)
Kayak cross women[20]	Veronika Vojtová (CZE)		Eva Terčelj (SLO)		Jessica Fox (AUS)

World Cup Race 4

31 August – 3 September in La Seu, Spain

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C1 men[21]	Raffaello Ivaldi (ITA)	96.52	Luka Božič (SLO)	97.53	Marko Mirgorodský (SVK)	97.63
C1 women[22]	Jessica Fox (AUS)	107.09	Andrea Herzog (GER)	107.17	Kimberley Woods (GBR)	109.02
K1 men[23]	Peter Kauzer (SLO)	89.36	Joseph Clarke (GBR)	90.44	Vít Přindiš (CZE)	90.90
K1 women[24]	Eliška Mintálová (SVK)	99.36	Jessica Fox (AUS)	99.42	Stefanie Horn (ITA)	100.23
Kayak cross men[25]	Jan Rohrer (SUI)		Joseph Clarke (GBR)		Anatole Delassus (FRA)
Kayak cross women[26]	Elena Lilik (GER)		Kimberley Woods (GBR)		Ricarda Funk (GER)

World Cup Final

5–8 October in Vaires-sur-Marne, France. This was the first major international competition on the new course built for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The competition format mimicked that which would be used at the Olympics, i.e. different from regular World Cup events. With the number of participants that meant top 24 boats progressing to the semifinals from the heats (best of 2 runs) and then top 12 to the finals in the classic slalom events. The kayak cross events included repechage rounds.^[2]

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C1 men[27]	Raffaello Ivaldi (ITA)	95.50	Franz Anton (GER)	96.18	Miquel Travé (ESP)	96.83
C1 women[28]	Jessica Fox (AUS)	106.04	Gabriela Satková (CZE)	110.08	Mallory Franklin (GBR)	111.97
K1 men[29]	Titouan Castryck (FRA)	89.20	Vít Přindiš (CZE)  Jonny Dickson (GBR)	91.78	-
K1 women[30]	Jessica Fox (AUS)	100.78	Corinna Kuhnle (AUT)	102.37	Klaudia Zwolińska (POL)	102.73
Kayak cross men[31]	Boris Neveu (FRA)		Finn Butcher (NZL)		Felix Oschmautz (AUT)
Kayak cross women[32]	Luuka Jones (NZL)		Kimberley Woods (GBR)		Jessica Fox (AUS)