The 27-year-old had certified as eighth within the preliminary spherical for the 12-man remaining, the place he solely needed to admit defeat to the Italian Giovanni de Gennaro by 2.96 seconds after a faultless run. Only one second behind Leitner, the Swiss Gelindo Chiarello took bronze. All different ÖKV athletes have been eradicated within the preliminary spherical.
Heavy rain and flooding
It went from the person preliminary spherical to the ultimate, because the schedule had been thrown into disarray by heavy rain and flooding. Among the many males, Felix Oschmautz in sixteenth and Moritz Kremslehner in thirty seventh did not clear this one hurdle, and among the many girls, Corinna Kuhnle in thirteenth was just one place or 1.01 seconds behind, as was Viktoria Wolffhardt in twenty eighth. With this success, Leitner put himself again within the race for the one Austrian Olympic place within the final likelihood in opposition to Oschmautz. He had additionally secured the quota place in September.
For the Austrian girls, the World Cup in Augsburg continues to be the deciding issue for the Olympic quota place, however Kuhnle has improved her beginning place in comparison with Wolffhardt, who was restricted in her preparation for the European Championships. Wolffhardt continues to be competing within the single canoe on the European Championships on Sunday, and the lads’s kayak group competitors with Austrian participation was additionally scheduled for afterward Saturday.
Flawless journey within the group competitors
Within the group competitors, the Austrian trio impressed with a flawless journey. With a complete of 16 groups competing, Leitner, Oschmautz and Kremslehner have been 4.35 seconds behind the equally flawless Czechs. Bronze went to the French, 0.34 seconds behind the Austrians.
Leitner, who took half within the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, had already gained silver on the European Championships in 2022 in Liptovsky Mikuas in Slovakia within the new Olympic competitors Kayak Cross. The Austrians didn’t make a reputation for themselves on this self-discipline in Ljubljana.
