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Precision and speed on the wild water
In Slalom Racing, paddlers have to navigate the kayak or canoe through pairs of poles, called "gates", set up over the challenging rapids, waves, eddies and currents on a 300m stretch of rough water. If the paddler touches one of the poles, or misses a gate altogether, penalty times are added to the time achieved by the competitor on that run. They are single kayak (K) events, for men and women, and canoe events, also for men and women, in single (C1) and double boats (C2). There are also team events.
This discipline made its appearance in the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 and then had to wait until 1992 to be reinstated to the Olympic programme.
Switzerland’s Alena Marx and Czechia’s Vit Prindis brought the 2026 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships to a close with two European victories in the decisive head-to-head Kayak Cross competitions in Oklahoma City, United States.
Marx won the Women’s Kayak Cross world title ahead of Australia’s Noemie Fox and Spain’s Miren Lazkano, while Prindis led an entirely European Men’s Kayak Cross podium, finishing ahead of Switzerland’s Dimitri Marx and Great Britain’s Sam Leaver.
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The 2026 Paddle Europe Slalom Masters Championships brought together experienced canoe slalom athletes from across Europe for two days of competition in St. Ruprecht ob Murau, Austria.
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