Poslední letošní závody Světového poháru rychlostních kanoistů v Bělehradě absolvuje osmička reprezentantů, kteří už mají jistou nominaci na červencové mistrovství Evropy v bulharském Plovdivu. V Srbsku se od pátku do neděle představí kanoista Martin Fuksa, vítěz tří letošních závodů Světového poháru. Vítěz kajakářské pětistovky ze Szegedu Josef Dostál pojede dvě tratě, které by mohl absolvovat i Jakub Zavřel. Znovu se ukáže i čtyřkajak ve složení Jakub Špicar, Daniel Havel, Radek Šlouf a Jan Štěrba. Chybět nebude ani kanoistka Jana Ježová.

As a small kid, Martin Fuksa dreamed that one day he would play ice hockey for New Jersey Devils in NHL. However, after a single hockey match he paradoxically decided to bring his desire to be the best into a family sport – canoe sprint. Since today he has gained two silver medals at the World Championships on one kilometre race, he’s the world champion on 500m and four-time in a row European champion on the same race. On top of that he won two World Cup races at the beginning of this season i Montemor.

Only 100 days left to the start of the 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships which takes place from the 23rd to the 27th of August at Labe Arena in Račice. You can look forward to the great Czech athletes competing with the Olympic and the World champions. We will start with paracanoe races which you can watch for free on the 23rd of August. Tickets for the next days are available at Ticketstream portal.

The Labe arena Račice venue is getting ready for the upcoming European Rowing Championship as well as the 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. New catering area is already in use. There are new utility rooms. The area around the main tribune is nicely renewed. Also part of the tower went through a renovation. The new canal was built at the 600 meters mark above finish line.