GB Canoe - Sprint & Slalom

[Rafa Maciel 1,712]

New thread ahead of this week's Sprint World Championships in Milan.

Edited August 19, 2025 by Rafa Maciel

[George_D 1,640]

 team

 

Sprint team

Emily Lewis (Worcester) – K1 200m, K4 500m

Deborah Kerr (Anker Valley) – K2 500m, K4 500m

Kristina Armstrong (Scottish Performance Squad) – K2 500m, K4 500m

Zoe Clark (Royal) – K4 500m

Emma Russell (Chelmsford) – K1 500m, K1 1000m, K1 5000m

Bethany Gill (Nottingham) – C1 200m, C1 500m, C1 5000m

 

Thomas Lusty (Solihull) – K1 500m

Daniel Johnson (Nottingham) – K1 1000m / K1 5000m

Benji Cabrera (Nottingham) – K2 500m

Tom Holland (Wey) – K2 500m

 

https://paddleuk.org.uk/teams-named-for-2025-canoe-sprint-and-paracanoe-world-championships/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMQWn1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBxTndYMjM0MkFJbHRXQzJIAR70BaokkrhWwTpOwXt6f6719c8RPB1vXFhNteKyquvnToXLXShPHX89bj-icQ_aem_yXqhDxfjV9x1vS34ReJJBA

[Olympicsnell 333]

looks like its on youtube so will give this a watch,

 

edit: for £9.99, nah its allright

 

any of the gb crews likely to make finals?

 

this is a aport outside olympics i dont pay much attention to but i know we didnt have much impact on the last olympiad

Edited August 20, 2025 by Olympicsnell

[Rafa Maciel 1,712]

3 hours ago, Olympicsnell said:

looks like its on youtube so will give this a watch, any of the gb crews likely to make finals?

 

this is a aport outside olympics i dont pay much attention to but i know we didnt have much impact on the last olympiad

Of course  will make finals........just not necessarily the A finals 

 

Typically Deborah Kerr is seen as the strongest in the squad - in 2023 she and Emma Russell made the A final of the W K2 500m where they finished 9th so missed out on Olympic qualification (top 6). This time it looks like Kerr has a different partner.

 

The W K4 500m is also in with a chance of getting through to the A Final. In 2023 they finished 2nd in the B Final for 11th overall and missed Olympic qualification by just 1 place. 

[Rafa Maciel 1,712]

So, Emily Lewis potentially emerges as the new hope for  sprint canoe with her bronze medal in the K1 200m. Unfortunately, it's not an Olympic class. Emma Russell failed to make it out of the heats in the 500m event. 

 

On the upside, if these results were replicated in 2027, it is likely that s 9th place finish would be enough to qualify a boat for the women's K4 500m. 

[George_D 1,640]

ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup (2025) final standings 

 

: (3 gold-2 silver-2 bronze)

Women's C1:   1. Kimberley Woods 
Women's K1:   1. Kimberley Woods , 2.Lois Leaver 
Women's Kayak Cross:  2. Kimberley Woods , 3. Lois Leaver 

Men’s Kayak Cross:   1. Jonny Dickson 

 

https://www.canoeicf.com/news/winners-2025-icf-canoe-slalom-world-cup-serieshttps://www.canoeicf.com/news/winners-2025-icf-canoe-slalom-world-cup-series

Edited September 9, 2025 by George_D

[George_D 1,640]

Great Britain's canoe slalom team for the 2025 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium in Australia. 

 

https://paddleuk.org.uk/british-canoe-slalom-team-ready-for-world-championships-in-penrith/

[George_D 1,640]

ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 2025  medals

Olympic  events:

Men's C1:   Ryan Westley - Silver medal

Men’s Kayak Cross:   Joseph Clarke - Gold medal
Women's K1:  Kimberley Woods  - Silver medal

 

 

Non-Olympic events:

Men's C1 team:    - Silver medal

Men's K1 team:    - Bronze medal

Men’s Kayak Cross individual:  Joseph Clarke - Silver medal
Women's C1 team :    - Bronze medal

[Rafa Maciel 1,712]

After Kurts Adams Rozentals was dropped by Paddle UK last year for having an OnlyFans account, his brother Klass Francisks Rozentals has also created an OnlyFans account and switched allegiance from  to .

[Dragon 2,077]

2 hours ago, Rafa Maciel said:

After Kurts Adams Rozentals was dropped by Paddle UK last year for having an OnlyFans account, his brother Klass Francisks Rozentals has also created an OnlyFans account and switched allegiance from  to .

I think what worried Paddle UK was the video Kurts posted of him "performing a sex act on an aeroplane".

I just hope he wasn't the pilot...