2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup held at Lee Valley White Water Centre. Purpose built for the 2012 London Olympics and its still a world class venue.
2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup was held over 6th, 7th and 8th of June 2014. I was there for the final day to cover the womans K1 kayak finals and the men’s C2 canoe doubles.
Canoeing is such a dynamic sport to cover. Where you can get close to the action even as a spectator. So its all about capturing the athletes expressions and the action. Just what I like!
Red Bull athlete Jessica Fox totally focused in the final.
I posted another image of Jessica on Facebook here
I did witness a moment of history. Lu Li the first Chinese canoeist to win a major world canoe title.
Lu Li from China winning the first major canoeing crown any Chinese canoeist has ever won.
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- Jana DUKATOVA SVK. 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup. Lee Valley White Water Centre, London. (c) Matt Bristow
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- Katerina KUDEJOVA CZE. 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup. Lee Valley White Water Centre, London. (c) Matt Bristow
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- Australian Rosalyn LAWRENCE 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup. Lee Valley White Water Centre, London. (c) Matt Bristow
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- Jana DUKATOVA SVK. 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup. Lee Valley White Water Centre, London. (c) Matt Bristow
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- Jana DUKATOVA SVK. 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup. Lee Valley White Water Centre, London. (c) Matt Bristow
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- Katerina Kudejova. 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup. Lee Valley White Water Centre, London. (c) Matt Bristow
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- Lu Li CHN. 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup. Lee Valley White Water Centre, London. (c) Matt Bristow
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- 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup. Lee Valley White Water Centre, London. (c) Matt Bristow
And so onto the Mens C2 Doubles. Often referred to as the most exciting class in canoeing. With plenty of British interest with no less than 3 teams in the final.
Rhys Davis and Matthew Lister GBR. 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup. Lee Valley White Water Centre, London. (c) Matt Bristow
But it was the Slovakian pairing of Luka Bozic and Saso Taljat that came out ontop.
Mens winners Luka Bozic and Saso Taljat SLO. 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup. Lee Valley White Water Centre, London. (c) Matt Bristow
Britain’s world champions David Florence and Richard Hounslow could only mange 5th place. 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup. Lee Valley White Water Centre, London. (c) Matt Bristow
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- Third place Ladislav Skantar and Peter Skantar SVK.
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- Britain’s world champions David Florence and Richard Hounslow could only mange 5th place.
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- British pairing of Ryan Westley and Zachary Franklin
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- ranked number 1 French pairing of Gautheir Klauss and Matthieu Peche.
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- Pierre Pico and Hugo Biso from France
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- Rhys Davis and Matthew Lister GBR.
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- Mens winners Luka Bozic and Saso Taljat SLO.
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- Third place Ladislav Skantar and Peter Skantar SVK.
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- British hopefuls Rhys Davis and Matthew Lister GBR could only manage 9th place.
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- Britain’s world champions David Florence and Richard Hounslow could only mange 5th place.
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- Second place Franz Anton and Jan Benzien GER
So I really enjoyed the day and especially the sport. All my images are syndicated by SportPix so please take a look.