Home favourite and Olympic champion Benjamin Savšek triumphed in the
men's C1 event at the European Canoe Association Canoe Slalom European
Championships in Liptovsky Mikulaš, while Britain's Mallory Franklin
took the equivalent women's title.
Hosts Slovakia celebrated gold on the second day of the Canoe Slalom
European Championships as Emanuela Luknarova, Zuzana Pankova and Sona
Stanovska won the women's canoe team event.
Joint women's K1 gold medals were awarded to Italy's Stefanie Horn and
Slovakia's home favourite Eliška Mintálová, after they remarkably
tied at the European Canoe Association Canoe Slalom European
Championships in Liptovsky Mikulaš.
Hosts Slovakia celebrated gold on the second day of the Canoe Slalom
European Championships as Emanuela Luknarova, Zuzana Pankova and Sona
Stanovska won the women's canoe team event.
Four champions from last year's Canoe Slalom European Championships -
Corinna Kuhnle, Miren Lazkano, Vit Prindiš and Denis Gargaud Chanut
– will defend their titles at the 2002 edition which starts tomorrow
at Liptovsky Mikulaš in Slovakia and concludes on Sunday (May 29).