The Champions Race 2024

The Champion Race is coming soon to Parc Aquasports! With a challenging 12-gate course and thrilling qualifiers, this event is set to push paddlers to their limits. Join us online to witness the action and discover why Pau is Europe’s top winter training destination for slalom kayakers. Don’t miss out on the action!

The 3rd edition of the Champion Race is just a few days away! In a week’s time, the Parc Aquasports will be holding its winter season-closing event: the CHAMPION RACE!

This is an innovative event with a different race format that aims to shake things up. The finals will take place over a course of 12 gates, including 4 stops offering a level of difficulty that’s just about impossible. The idea is to push the participants’ limits with highly technical sequences where risk-taking will be the watchword.

« Plotter Antoine Roux, coach at the International Slalom Academy, the Park’s private training centre, told us that the real question would be how many paddlers would manage to get through all the gates without making a mistake ».

To ensure that the party is full and that all the paddlers can enjoy the event, the qualifiers will be held on a traditional 22-gate course. The organisers look forward to seeing you on their networks, where special attention will be paid to enabling as many people as possible to follow the event from the web. Focusing on this race also allows us to highlight this winter training destination for slalom paddlers from all over Europe.

Over the years, Pau and the white water stadium have become a leading destination for slalom kayaking in winter, welcoming many teams and groups of top-level slalom paddlers who come to take advantage of the mild weather conditions, top-of-the-range infrastructure and dynamic team offering athletes a quality welcome.

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At 7pm on March 13th (euro time), a live stream will be available to watch this ultimate show under live conditions.

For locals, RDV at the Park:
– Qualifying rounds from 1pm to 5pm
– Finals from 7pm to 9pm

And there’s going to be some show, as the paddlers have signed up to the project: 200 starts, 19 nationalities (FRA, GB, CZE, ITA, ESP, MRI, SUI, IRL, NED, POL, UKR… etc) and the presence of Olympic champions, senior, U23 and U18 world champions will be at the start.

Here are the main athletes to watch:

C1 Men :
Thomas Koechlin (SUI), Gargaud Chanut Denis (FRA), Traver Miquel (ESP), WESLEY Ryan (GBR), Bernardet Jules (FRA), Titouan Estanget (FRA), Senechault Debliquy (FRA), the Kratochvil bros (CZE)

C1 Women :
Zwolinska Klaudia (POL), Delassus Doriane (FRA), US Viktoriia (UKR), FRANKLIN MAllory (GBR), VILLARUBLA Nuria (ESP), Roisin Laurène (FRA), Delassus Doriane (FRA), Lopez Nora (ESP), Stach Aleksandra (POL)

K1 Men :
Neveu Boris (FRA), Popiela Dariuzs (POL), Delassus Anatole (FRA), LLorente David (ESP)
Renia Benjamin (FRA), Trave Miquel (ESP), Hanrahan Jonah (GBR), Ochoa Manuel (ESP), Passiut Michal (POL), Estanguet Titouan (FRA), Vuitton Léo (FRA)

K1 Women :
Zwolinska Klaudia (POL), US Viktoriia (UKR), Vuitton Emma (FRA), Charel Coline (FRA), Laia Sorribes (ESP), Goni Leire (ESP), Pietracha Eva (FRA), Brzeska Dominika (POL), Collin Genie (AUS), Delassus Doriane (FRA)

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