EM: All four Burggräfler canoeists in the semi-finals

Jakob Luther (17/Meran) came first in the U18 and Matthias Weger (22/Schenna) came fifth in the U23 and were able to qualify for the semi-finals with a super performance in the first run. Jakob Weger (1/Schenna) and Valentin Luther (20/Meran) missed out on a place in the semi-finals in the first run, but they were able to paddle out of the remaining ten semi-final places in the second run.

Jakob Luther with a brilliant performance Of all people, the youngest of the bunch, Jakob Luther, was able to put in a great performance in his first appearance at the U18 European Championships. The 17-year-old from Merano managed a great run in the first qualifying without touching the gate, winning the qualifying in 1 seconds ahead of the Brit Jake Brown (89,18) and the Czech Jakub Krejci (90,47 seconds/90,55 penalty seconds). . “I am very satisfied with my performance today. Now it’s time to focus on the semi-finals on Saturday,” beamed Jakob Luther. In the first run, his cousin Valentin Luther was subsequently given a 2-second penalty for passing gate number 1 incorrectly, after he had already received two seconds of penalty for touching the gate at gate number 50. He only finished 7th in 5 seconds. He took his chance in the second qualifying run and won it with the second best time overall of 145,27 seconds. Like his cousin Jakob, he made it to the semi-finals.

Matthias Weger, who suffers from Pfeiffer's glandular fever, was able to convince in the qualification. The older of the Weger brothers competes for Austria and took an excellent fifth place in the first qualifying run in 87,66 seconds without any penalty seconds. “I was able to prepare well for the competition and put together a clean but improveable run,” said Matthias Weger. His brother Jakob Weger was unable to build on his great performances from the U1 World Cup in Ivrea on Thursday. In both qualifying runs he received a four-second penalty for two touches on the gate. In the first qualifying run he had to settle for 23th place in 1 seconds, in the second qualifying run he took fourth place in 93,94 seconds and thus also qualified for the semi-final run. Team runs on Friday On Friday there will be paddling for the European Championship medals in the team races in Bratislava's Cunovo Canal. All four slalom canoeists from the Burggrafenamt can be expected to win a team medal.

The results of the qualification: Kayak singles, U18, 1st qualification: 1. Jakob Luther (SC Meran) 89,18 seconds/0 penalty seconds; 2. Jake Brown (Great Britain) 90,47/0; 3. Jakub Krejci (Czech Republic) 90,55/2; 2. Qualification: 21. Valentin Luther (SC Meran) 90,23/0; 23. Leonardo Grimandi (Italy) 92,94/0.

Kayak singles, U23, 1st qualification: 1. Mathurin Madore (France) 85,35 seconds/0 penalty seconds; 2. Andrej Malek (Slovakia) 86,54/0; 3. Thomas Strauss (Germany) 87,02/0; 4. Benjamin Jacon (France) 87,23/0; 5. Matthias Weger (Schenna) 87,66/0; 2. Qualification: 24. Jakob Weger (SC Meran) 89,20/4;32. Defending champion Felix Oschmautz (Austria) was eliminated.

Competition program:

Friday, August 17, 2018: 14:45 p.m. - 15:27 p.m.: Boys' kayak one-on-one team run, U18 with Valentin and Jakob Luther 16:00 p.m. - 16:47 p.m.: Kayak one-man team run men, U23 with Matthias and Jakob Weger

Saturday, August 18, 2018: 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.: Semi-final run, boys' kayak singles, U18 with Jakob and Valentin Luther 11.25:12 a.m. - 10:23 p.m.: Semi-final run, men's kayak single, UXNUMX with Matthias and Jakob Weger 14:06 p.m. - 14:36 p.m.: Final run, boys' kayak singles, U18 15:06 p.m. - 15:36 p.m.: Final run, men's kayak single sculls, U23

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EM: All four Burggräfler canoeists in the semi-finals

Jakob and Matthias Weger as well as Jakob and Valentin Luther cleared the first hurdle at the U23 and U18 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Bratislava (Slovakia) and made it into the semi-finals on Saturday.

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