The first of two ICF World Cup Sprint events is underway in Poznan (POL), with a huge program of events continuing through Sunday. Thanks to being the season opener, a large cadre of 2016 Olympic and 2018 medal winners are in attendance:
Men:
● Fernando Pimenta (POR) ~ K-1 1,000 m
● Liam Heath (GBR) ~ 2016 Olympic K-1 200 m Champion
● Maxime Beaumont (FRA) ~ 2016 Olympic K-1 200 m silver
● Arturas Seja (LTU) ~ 2018 World K-1 200 m silver
● Sebastian Brendel (GER) ~ 2016 Olympic C-1 1,000 m Champ; 2016 C-2 1,000 m gold
● Isaquias dos Santos (BRA) ~ 2016 Olympic C-1 1,000 m silver; 2016 C-1 200 m bronze
● Ilia Shtokalov (RUS) ~ 2016 Olympic C-1 1,000 m bronze
● Martin Fuksa (CZE) ~ 2016 Olympic C-1 1,000 m silver
● Josef Dostal (CZE) ~ 2016 Olympic K-1 1,000 m silver; 2018 Worlds bronze
● Stefan Vekic/Vladimir Torubarov (SRB) ~ 2018 Worlds K-2 500 m silver
● Tom Liebscher (GER) ~ 2018 Worlds K-1 500 m silver
● Dmytro Ianchuk/Taras Mishchuk (UKR) ~ 2016 Olympic C-2 1,000 m bronze
● Yul Oeltze/Peter Kretschmer (GER) ~ 2018 World C-2 1,000 m Champions
● Serguey Torres/Fernando Enriquez (CUB) ~ 2018 World C-2 1,000 m silver
● Hleb Saladhuka/Dzianis Malkhlai (BLE) ~ 2018 World C-2 200 m Champions
● Arsen Sliwinski/Michal Lubniewski (POL) ~ 2018 World C-2 200 m silver
Women:
● Lisa Carrington (NZL) ~ 2012-16 Olympic K-1 200 m Champ; 8-time World Champ
● Marta Walczykiewicz (POL) ~ 2016 Olympic K-1 200 m silver
● Linnea Stencils (SWE) ~ 2018 World K-1 200 m bronze
● Emma Jorgensen (DEN) ~ 2016 Olympic K-1 500 m silver; 2018 World K-1 200 m silver
● Laurence Vincent-Lapointe (CAN) ~ 2018 World C-1 200 m Champion
● Dorota Borowska (POL) ~ 2018 World C-1 200 m silver
● Katie Vincent (CAN) ~ 2018 World C-2 500 m Champion with Vincent-Lapointe
● Vloha Khudzenka (BLR) ~ 2018 World K-1 500 m bronze
Carrington is the star of the show and rightfully so. In addition to being undefeated in her K-1 200 m speciality since before the 2012 Games, she is an eight-time World Champion from 2011-18, winning six titles in the K-1 200 m, one in the K-1 500 m and one in the K-2 500 m, with Caitlin Ryan. In eight years of World Championships competition she has 15 total medals.
The ICF has live Webcast coverage of the Poznan World Cup on its Web site; you can look for results here.
