Olympic champions shine on final day at ICF Hangzhou Super Cup
Olympic champions shine on final day at ICF Hangzhou Super Cup
The Hangzhou’s Fuyang Water Sports Centre was the stage for the ICF Super Cup and ICF Dragon Boat World Championships simultaneously. Almost 600 athletes across Dragon Boat, Canoe Sprint and Canoe Slalom raced for 61 sets of medals over four days in China.
In the Canoe Sprint discipline, China’s Mengya Sun (double Olympic Champion) and Shengyue Wu both took the gold medals in the C1 categories across 500 metres. Melina Andersson of Sweden and Gunnar Nydal Eide crossed the finish lines first in the women’s and men’s K1 finals respectively, securing gold medals. Canoe Slalom brought the final day to life with the high-intensity racing of kayak cross: Italian Olympic Champion Giovanni De Gennaro and Alina Hocevar from Slovenia claimed 1st place in the men’s and women’s competitions.
At the Dragon Boat World Championships, the Ukrainian team took home two gold medals after their victories in the women’s 10-seater across 2000 and 500 metres respectively. In the Open categories, Indonesia topped the podium in the 10-seater 500m, while the team of Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) took the gold medal across the 2000 metre-distance.
| Men’s Canoe Sprint C1 500m | Women’s Canoe Sprint C1 500m | Men’s Canoe Sprint K1 500m | Women’s Canoe Sprint K1 500m | Men’s Canoe Slalom – Kayak Cross | |
| 1 | Shengyue Wu (CHN) | 1 | Mengya Sun (CHN) | 1 | Gunnar Nydal Eide (NOR) | 1 | Melina Andersson (SWE) | 1 | Giovanni De Gennaro (ITA) | |
| 2 | Daniel Fejes (HUN) | 2 | Anna Kiss (HUN) | 2 | Agustin Vernice (ARG) | 2 | Zsoka Csikos (HUN) | 2 | Maxime Aubertin (BEL) | |
| 3 | Jaime Duro (ESP) | 3 | Sophia Jensen (CAN) | 3 | Martin Nathell (SWE) | 3 | Shimeng Yu (CHN) | 3 | Sam Leaver (GBR) |
| Dragon Boat – Open 500m (10) | Dragon Boat – Women 500m (10) | Dragon Boat – Open 2000m (10) | Dragon Boat – Women 2000m (10) | Women’s Canoe Slalom – Kayak Cross |
| 1 | Indonesia | 1 | Ukraine | 1 | AIN | 1 | Ukraine | 1 | Alina Hocevar (SLO) |
| 2 | Thailand | 2 | AIN | 2 | Myanmar | 2 | Spain | 2 | Lena Teunissen (NED) |
| 3 | AIN | 3 | Thailand | 3 | Ukraine | 3 | Singapore | 3 | Evy Leibfarth (USA) |
