2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup

The 2008 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of seven races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 21st edition. The series consisted of 4 continental championships (Africa, Oceania, Pan American and Asia) which were open to all countries and 3 world cup races. The athletes gained points for their results in the three world cup races plus their best result from any of the four continental championships.

Calendar

Label	Venue	Date
2008 African Championships	Sagana	January 27
Oceania Championships 2008	Penrith	March 15–16
2008 Pan American Championships	Charlotte	April 26
2008 Asia Canoe Slalom Championships	Nakhon Nayok	May 17–18
World Cup Race 1	Prague	June 20–22
World Cup Race 2	Tacen	June 28–29
World Cup Race 3	Augsburg	July 4–6

Final standings

The winner of each race was awarded 50 points. Paddlers outside the top 20 in the C-2 event and outside the top 40 in the other 3 events were awarded 2 points for participation. If two or more athletes or boats were equal on points, the ranking was determined by their positions in the final world cup race.^[1]

C-1 men Pos Athlete Points[1] 1  Robin Bell (AUS) 168 2  Alexander Slafkovský (SVK) 132 3  Benn Fraker (USA) 121 4  Dejan Stevanovič (SLO) 114 5  Tomáš Indruch (CZE) 106 6  Teng Zhiqiang (CHN) 106 7  Ronnie Dürrenmatt (SUI) 99 8  Kynan Maley (AUS) 97 9  Christos Tsakmakis (GRE) 95 10  James Cartwright (CAN) 93

C-2 men Pos Athletes Points[1] 1  Pavol Hochschorner/Peter Hochschorner (SVK) 147 2  Ladislav Škantár/Peter Škantár (SVK) 129 3  Marek Jiras/Tomáš Máder (CZE) 127 4  Hu Minghai/Shu Junrong (CHN) 119 5  Mark Bellofiore/Lachie Milne (AUS) 107 6  Tomáš Kučera/Ján Bátik (SVK) 106 7  David Schröder/Frank Henze (GER) 101 8  Marcus Becker/Stefan Henze (GER) 100 9  Duan Junjie/Duan Junqing (CHN) 99 10  Mikhail Kuznetsov/Dmitry Larionov (RUS) 98

K-1 men Pos Athlete Points[1] 1  Erik Pfannmöller (GER) 133 2  Brett Heyl (USA) 117 3  Helmut Oblinger (AUT) 116 4  Lukáš Kubričan (CZE) 112 5  Warwick Draper (AUS) 112 6  William Forsythe (AUS) 101 7  Dejan Kralj (SLO) 98 8  Scott Mann (USA) 95 9  David Ford (CAN) 95 10  Tomáš Mráz (SVK) 94

K-1 women Pos Athlete Points[1] 1  Katrina Lawrence (AUS) 144 2  Mandy Planert (GER) 132 3  Violetta Oblinger-Peters (AUT) 129 4  Li Jingjing (CHN) 123 5  Elena Kaliská (SVK) 118 6  Gabriela Stacherová (SVK) 107 7  Marie Řihošková (CZE) 99 8  Sarah Grant (AUS) 97 9  Nina Mozetič (SLO) 93 10  Jana Dukátová (SVK) 92

Results

2008 African Championships

The first African Canoe Slalom Championships were held in Sagana, Kenya on January 27.^[2] USA won the medal table with 2 golds and a bronze.

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C-1 men	Siboniso Cele (RSA)		Cyprian Ngidi (RSA)		Tyler Hinton (USA)
C-2 men	United States Mark Staszko Nic Borst		South Africa Cameron McIntosh Cyprian Ngidi		South Africa Jabulane Mofokeng Siboniso Cele
K-1 men	Benjamin Boukpeti (TOG)		Johnathan Akinyemi (NGR)		Cameron McIntosh (RSA)
K-1 women	Emily Jackson (USA)		Sarah Dupire (ALG)		Marissa Dederer (CAN)

Oceania Championships 2008

The 2008 Oceania Championships were held in Penrith, Australia on March 15–16. Slovakia won 2 golds a silver and a bronze to top the medal table.

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C-1 men[3]	Michal Martikán (SVK)	197.81	Robin Bell (AUS)	202.00	Alexander Slafkovský (SVK)	205.54
C-2 men[4]	China Hu Minghai Shu Junrong	213.25	Slovakia Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	214.61	Australia Mark Bellofiore Lachie Milne	216.36
K-1 men[5]	Jens Ewald (GER)	197.41	Warwick Draper (AUS)	197.47	Brett Heyl (USA)	197.50
K-1 women[6]	Elena Kaliská (SVK)	222.42	Li Tong (CHN)	223.02	Li Jingjing (CHN)	224.67

2008 Pan American Championships

The 2008 Pan American Championships took place in Charlotte, USA on April 26. The home athletes dominated the medal table by winning 3 golds, 4 silvers and 3 bronzes.

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C-1 men[7]	Robin Bell (AUS)	187.70	Benn Fraker (USA)	194.23	Jeff Larimer (USA)	199.13
C-2 men[8]	United States Scott McCleskey Austin Crane	216.44	United States Benjamin Kvanli Mark Poindexter	258.03	United States Casey Eichfeld Rick Powell	269.07
K-1 men[9]	Brett Heyl (USA)	179.70	Eric Hurd (USA)	181.83	Scott Mann (USA)	182.70
K-1 women[10]	Heather Corrie (USA)	223.76	Zuzana Vanha (USA)	232.63	Jessica Groeneveld (CAN)	243.65

2008 Asia Canoe Slalom Championships

The 2008 Asia Canoe Slalom Championships were the last of the continental championships to count for the world cup. The event took place in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand on May 17–18. China won the medal table with 2 golds, 2 silvers and 4 bronzes.

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C-1 men	Takuya Haneda (JPN)		Feng Liming (CHN)		Zhang Chaojun (CHN)
C-2 men	China Mai Jianmin Mo Bin		Japan Masatoshi Samma Hiroyuki Nagao		China Yu Hongmin Chen Jin
K-1 men	Kazuki Yazawa (JPN)		Tsubasa Sasaki (JPN)		Huang Cunguang (CHN)
K-1 women	Li Tong (CHN)		Cen Nanqin (CHN)		Zou Yingying (CHN)

World Cup Race 1

The main part of the world cup series got under way in Prague, Czech Republic on June 20–22. France and Czech Republic shared the top spot in the medal table with both countries winning 2 golds and 1 bronze medal.^[11]

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C-1 men	Tony Estanguet (FRA)	175.50	Robin Bell (AUS)	176.91	David Florence (GBR)	178.39
C-2 men	Czech Republic Marek Jiras Tomáš Máder		China Hu Minghai Shu Junrong		France Cédric Forgit Martin Braud
K-1 men	Fabien Lefèvre (FRA)		Erik Pfannmöller (GER)		Lukáš Kubričan (CZE)
K-1 women	Štěpánka Hilgertová (CZE)	192.47	Mandy Planert (GER)	193.84	Jana Dukátová (SVK)	195.43

World Cup Race 2

The penultimate race of the series took place in Tacen, Slovenia on June 28–29. Two gold medals were enough for Germany to win the medal table. Slovenia took one gold courtesy of Peter Kauzer^[12]

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C-1 men	Nico Bettge (GER)	193.27	Alexander Slafkovský (SVK)	196.65	Ronnie Dürrenmatt (SUI)	198.81
C-2 men	Slovakia Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	200.08	Slovakia Ladislav Škantár Peter Škantár	206.25	Czech Republic Marek Jiras Tomáš Máder	207.27
K-1 men	Peter Kauzer (SLO)	179.29	Lukáš Kubričan (CZE)	184.17	Richard Hounslow (GBR)	184.46
K-1 women	Mandy Planert (GER)	205.34	Li Jingjing (CHN)	206.23	Gabriela Stacherová (SVK)	209.67

World Cup Race 3

The world cup series closed in Augsburg, Germany on July 4–6. Australia was the most successful country with 2 golds. The German paddlers won 1 gold and 1 bronze medal.^[13]

Event	Gold	Score	Silver	Score	Bronze	Score
C-1 men	Robin Bell (AUS)	203.67	Tomáš Indruch (CZE)	205.94	Krzysztof Bieryt (POL)	206.47
C-2 men	Slovakia Pavol Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner	216.77	Slovakia Ladislav Škantár Peter Škantár	219.42	Germany Kay Simon Robby Simon	221.13
K-1 men	Erik Pfannmöller (GER)	193.03	Benoît Peschier (FRA)	195.73	Scott Parsons (USA)	195.79
K-1 women	Katrina Lawrence (AUS)	216.01	Jana Dukátová (SVK)	217.06	Marie Řihošková (CZE)	217.70

References

1. 2008 World Cup standings Final Results - accessed October 11, 2011
2. "2nd Africa Canoe Slalom Championships" - accessed October 12, 2011
3. Official results C1M - Oceania Championships 2008 - accessed October 12, 2011
4. Official results C2M - Oceania Championships 2008 - accessed October 12, 2011
5. Official results K1M - Oceania Championships 2008 - accessed October 12, 2011
6. Official results K1W - Oceania Championships 2008 - accessed October 12, 2011
7. Official results C1M - 2008 Pan American Championships - accessed October 13, 2011
8. Official results C2M - 2008 Pan American Championships - accessed October 13, 2011
9. Official results K1M - 2008 Pan American Championships - accessed October 13, 2011
10. Official results K1W - 2008 Pan American Championships - accessed October 13, 2011
11. Official results - World Cup Race 1 - accessed October 14, 2011
12. Official results - World Cup Race 2 - accessed October 14, 2011
13. Official results - World Cup Race 3 - accessed October 14, 2011

External links

• International Canoe Federation