There are only two ICF Sprint World Cups in 2019, with this week’s program in Duisberg (GER) the final stage. While there have been numerous changes from last week’s opener in Poland, the stars will again be out, including (but not limited to):
Men:
● Liam Heath (GBR) ~ 2016 Olympic K-1 200 m Champion
● Maxime Beaumont (FRA) ~ 2016 Olympic K-1 200 m silver medalist
● Carlos Garrotte (ESP) ~ 2018 K-1 200 m World Champion
● Arturas Seja (LTU) ~ 2018 K-1 200 m Worlds silver medalist
● Evgenii Lukantsov (RUS) ~ 2018 K-1 200 m Worlds bronze medalist
● Ivan Shytl (RUS) ~ 2018 World C-1 200 m silver medalist
● Fernando Pimenta (POR) ~ 2018 World K-1 1,000 m Champion
● Josef Dostal (CZE) ~ 2016 Olympic K-1 1,000 m silver; 2018 World K-1 1,000 m bronze
● Roman Anoshkin (RUS) ~ 2016 Olympic K-1 1,000 m bronze
● Isaquias Queiroz (BRA) ~ 2016 Rio C-1 1,000 m silver; 2018 Worlds C-1 1,000 m bronze
● Sebastian Brendel (GER) ~ 2016 Olympic C-1 1,000 m Champion; 2018 World Champion
● Martin Fuksa (CZE) ~ 2018 Worlds C-1 1,000 m silver medalist
● Tom Leibscher (GER) ~ 2018 Worlds K-1 500 m silver medalist
● Yul Oeltze/Peter Kretschmer (GER) ~ 2018 Worlds C-2 1,000 m Champions
● Sebastian Brendel/Jan Vendrey (GER) ~ 2016 Olympic C-2 1,000 m Champions
● Marco Tomicevic/Milenko Zoric (SRB) ~ 2016 Rio K-2 1,000 m silver; 2018 Worlds bronze
Women:
● Laurence Vincent-Lapointe (CAN) ~ 2018 World C-1 200 m Champion
● Olesia Romasenko (RUS) ~ 2018 World C-1 200 m silver medalist
● Dorota Borowska (POL) ~ 2018 World C-1 200 m bronze medalist
● Emma Jorgensen (DEN) ~ 2016 Olympic K-1 500 m silver; 2018 World K-1 200 m silver
● Linnea Stencils (SWE) ~ 2018 World K-1 200 m bronze medalist
● Laurence Vicecent-Lapoints/Katie Vincent (CAN) ~ 2018 Worlds C-2 500 m Champions
● Virag Balla/Kincso Takacs (HUN) ~ 2018 Worlds C-2 500 m silver medalists
Three double winners from last week are entered: Olympic K-1 1,000 m champ Pimenta (POR) won both the K-1 500 m and 1,000 m; Canadian stars Vincent-Lapointe and Vincent each won two races, finishing 1-2 in the C-1 200 m, and then Vincent picked up an individual win in the C-1 5,000 m. Together, they won the C-2 500 m event, in which they are World Champions.
Look for results here.