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The Euro Champs title in the R4 category remained in the hands of team TR Hiko of the Czech Rep. By winning this title they set two records at the Euro Champs 2012. Up until now, no team in this category has ever won the maximum of 1000 points and neither has any team managed
4th place is a very worthy result yet also one that can be so disappointing to a team. A result where you are so close to a medal, but still so far away. For the BSV Hazard raft team this was a result they saw many times during the European Championships and in the overall
Thursday the 30th August 2012 was a sad day for the German rafting teams because they lost a close friend and long time team mate – Falk Schumann.Falk died of brain cancer in the Augsburg hospital after nearly 2 years of treatments, none which could save his life. Falk was an architect and Gold medal
Several projects are planned to construct artificial white water courses in Denmark, where kayakers, canoeists and rafters will have the opportunity to improve their white water skills in their own country. With these new courses the hope is Denmark’s white water competitors will be able to raise the level of skill in their sport as
The final discipline – the Downriver – is over. And the R4 European Champions have emerged!! Congratulations to Czech Men 1 and to Belgium Women 1 – the 2012 R4 Euro Champions! Full results In the Men’s section the Czech 1 team made a clean sweep! They comfortably won the Sprint, knocked out all their
Germany 1 have taken gold in the overall ranking of the 2012 European Championship in the men’s R6, with Czech Republic 2 securing their overall gold medal in the women’s R6. A huge congratulations to both team and enjoy the celebrations!!!!! Full overall R6 result The Downriver The final day of the competition saw the
The Czechs scoop up all the Gold medals today in the Euro Champs Slalom, showing their great skill at this discipline as they have on the other days. The morning saw the Czechs grab the Gold medals in the R6 men’s and women’s categories and the afternoon saw another great performance by them. In the
Another fantastic morning of racing from the R6 teams. Summer time seems to have left Lipno with another wet cold day and the course looking rather magical with steam rising from the water. The Slalom looked like a good technical course definitely requiring teams working in controlled unison to navigate a clean fast run through the gates.
Day 3 of the European Championships saw just as much excitement as the previous day with the R6 sprint and H2H taking place. Unfortunately the weather did not seem to want to play game after a thunderstorm yesterday evening the day started with grey skies and steady rain most of the day. But this did
International Rafting Federation
Official world governing body for rafting since 1997