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The Slovenian Canoeing Association wrote in a press release that the Slovenian downhill athlete won three medals at the World Whitewater Downhill Championships in Saab, Spain. He became the world champion Anze UlankaThe silver is gone Nejc Nidalcic, Anna Strablay But she won the bronze medal. In the afternoon, there was a wild water team sprint race.
Canoeist Urankar from Ljubljana achieved the best result in the tense final of the whitewater descent. He rowed 23 hundredths of a second faster than his national team colleague Žnidarčič. The bronze medal went to France. Maxence Barulagging behind by 33%.
With this, Ulanka won his third individual gold medal at the short track world championships. He was also the best player last year and in 2017.
“This year I really wanted to defend my title from last year. I knew this course suited me and I was well prepared. I have to say I wouldn’t be satisfied with anything less than first place,” he told Canoeing.
“I was relieved. I admit that I was really nervous for the first time before the race and I was under a lot of pressure before the start. This year, I knew I had no chance in the classics because it was long and calm, so I only prepared for the whitewater sprint and the 200m flatwater race,” Ulanka added.
No rest
Ulanka won’t be resting, as he will compete in the non-Olympic Confined Water Sprint World Championships in Uzbekistan next week.
Znidarcic remains the canoeist’s record holder with six individual gold medals at the whitewater sprint world championships, and he also has six silver medals, in addition to two bronze medals in classic downhill.
Simon Oven, Nejc Žnidarčič, Anze Urankar. Photo: Nina Jelenc/kzs
Last year he finished fourth at the World Sprint Championships in Augsburg, but this time he was on the podium again.
“I am very happy with this medal. I now have six gold medals, six silver medals and two bronze medals. I played a very good match today. In the morning, when I woke up, I felt good and during the warm-up I was very strong and relaxed, which is not normal for me because I often feel nervous before a match,” added KZS’ Žnidarčič.
“For the first time in my life I am happy with second place because I drove really well. Even without that mistake I wouldn’t have won, so I am really happy. I can only congratulate Anzet, who is really in top form this year. He proved himself to be the best in all the races. On a track like this, I already knew that the others would only fight for second place. Today we ensured a very good success for the Slovenian team,” said silver medalist Znidarcic.
Bronze Steblay
Slovenia’s full set of medals in Spain was provided by canoeist Štebraj, who finished just behind the Czech Republic in the final. Marie Nemkova exist Kristina NovosadovaThe Ljubljana canoeist was 53 hundredths of a second away from the gold medal.
Ana Šteblaj won Slovenia’s first individual women’s medal at the Wild Water Members World Championships with bronze.
Anže Urankar during the 2016 competition. Photo: Tadej Regent/Regent Tadej Works
“I’m very happy with the medal. I hope I don’t finish fourth again, like three years ago at the European Championships in Sabre. I was very nervous before the start, like everyone else. The driving wasn’t the best, but it was good enough for third place,” said Štěbraj.
She will also travel to Samarkand, Uzbekistan, where she will compete in the World Cup on calm waters. Last year, she already won a silver medal at the European Members Championships, where she was also the Under-23 World Champion. She also won a medal at this year’s European Under-23 Championships.
Canoeists Urankar, Žnidarčič and Simon Owen. France won the silver medal and Italy won the bronze medal.
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