With the Tatra Slalom here in Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia coming to a close, I am happy to report that I ended up 4th. Although the margin between me and the podium was 0.16 seconds, this 4th place finish was a good result for the beginning of the season.
In June, this same course here in Litpovsky Mikulas will host the European Championships. Thus, this race was well attended and included many of the top names in Slalom Kayaking from all over Europe and the World.
Although the weekend got off to a slow start as I finished 22nd in the Friday prelude. However, after some modifications to my equipment, I turned it around for the Saturday qualifier (finishing 10th) and then 4th today in the final.
A memorable moment for me this weekend was when a female racer from Iran proceeded to flip over and roll herself upright using only one hand. For those of you foreign to kayaking, 'hand-rolling', which was it this Iranian did, is deemed a more advanced kayaking manoeuvre which some of the most gifted/elite kayakers have trouble doing....thus, for this Iranian (who I was informed has only been paddling for a month), this feat was really cool to see, especially the second time she did it!
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John, you're the man! The results posted on teh internet are messed up, so I thought you came 2nd! I was like WOW! Then I read your blog and you just missed! But nice result. You killed some giants there!
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