The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships is a senior-level world championship event for the Canoe sprint discipline. It’s one of the two Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation.
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The prestigious ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships was first held in Vaxholm, Sweden in 1938.
Last year, the event was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. New Zealand’s Aimee Fisher, Canada’s Katie Vincent, and Italy’s C2 duo of Nicolae Craciun and Daniele Santini were crowned their maiden titles.
Petter Menning, a Swedish sprint canoeist, won the world title and the gold medal in the men’s K-1 200 meters at the European Championships. He was announced ‘Swedish Kayaker of the Year’ in two consecutive years, 2013 and 2014.
Arturas Seja is a Lithuanian sprint canoeist who won K-1 200m silver in the 2018 European Championships. He is also a world medallist atthe U23 level.
Badri Kavelashvili won the 2019 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint European Championships. The Georgian athlete was the fastest in the men’s K1 U23 200 meters heat.
When is ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 2022 held?
The 2022 ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championship will take place in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and is scheduled for August 3 (Wednesday) through to August 7 (Sunday). The races will be open for the general public and tickets are not needed to purchase. You can find the full schedule here:
How to Watch ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 2022?
The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 2022 event will be shown on the official youtube channel of Planet Canoe. Subscribe to the channel and catch all the latest updates.
Top Rankings:
Here are the top rankings of ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 2022:
Name (Country) — World Ranking Points
- Petter Menning (Sweden) — 190
- Arturas Seja (Lithuania) — 138
- Kevin Santos (Portugal) — 126
- Badri Kavelashvili (Georgia) — 102
- Andrea Domenico Di Liberto (Italy) — 100
- Roberts Akmens (Latvia) — 82
- Jakub Stepun (poland) — 74
- Aliaksei Misiuchenka (Belarus) — 66
- Kolos Csizmadia (Hungary) — 66
- Vid Debeljak (Slovenia) — 60
