2023-04-18 14:00:56
From April 21 to 29, the Olympic Nautical Stadium in Vaires-sur-Marne will be the venue for the selections of the French para-canoe, slalom and sprint teams.
From April 21 to 29, Vaires-sur-Marne and its Olympic Nautical Stadium will welcome the best French specialists in Paracanoe, Slalom and Sprint. They will come together to compete in races to determine the athletes selected for the France team in the next round.
This gathering at the Olympic Nautical Stadium will start strong. From April 21 to 23, the French Team selections for the Slalom, including the new Olympic event, the Kayak Cross, will be held. These will already be decisive for the 2024 Paris Games.
The Sprint events will take place over three days of competition. The categories and distances will be Men’s Kayak 1000m and 500m (27 athletes with at least 10 U23s), Women’s Kayak 500m (18 athletes with at least 8 U23s), Men’s Canoe 1000m and 500m (18 athletes with at least 8 U23s) and Canoe Ladies 500m and 200m Open (18 athletes with at least 6 U23 and 6 U18) The athletes will challenge each other to try to win a place in the French Team in order to participate in the World Cups The selection committee will communicate the list of the French team on April 25.
Para-canoeing and slalom will take over
Para-canoeing will be part of the party on Saturday April 22. 10 categories will be challenged during this day, during which the athletes will have to achieve a minimum time limit to access the Szeged World Cup in May. The selection committee will communicate the list of the France team on April 25.
The single-seater kayak (K1) men and women and single-seater canoe (C1) men and women in slalom will take place from April 25. The slalom races will be spread over 3 days on Tuesday 25th, Wednesday 26th and Friday 28th April with a daily qualifying round and final round. Saturday, April 29 will give way to Kayak Cross, which is the new name of Extreme Slalom and also a new event present at the next Paris 2024 Games. Two time trial phases are open to all registrants. The Top 8 for Men and Women will make it possible to reach the quarter-finals, then the semi-finals and the final. The selection committee will communicate the lists of the French teams on Saturday 29 April.
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