Jakob Luther paddles just past bronze

The SCM paddler, who clearly won the semi-final run, only missed the bronze medal in the final run by 1,41 seconds and took 4th place. The canoe brothers Jakob (21) and Matthias Weger (23) from Schenna, however, were eliminated in the kayak single sculls of the U23 in the semi-finals and ended up in 21st and 22nd place.

Line errors cost top 3 place Jakob Luther has improved enormously compared to Friday's qualification. He even clearly won the semi-final run in 93,31 seconds ahead of the Brits Etienne Chappell (94,26) and Jonny Dickson (94,43). In the final run, Luther was 4th in 96,16 seconds, almost 3 seconds slower than in the semifinals due to a line error. The 93,31 seconds from the semi-final would have been enough for him to win bronze in the final. Luther didn't receive a penalty for touching the goal twice today. “Being last in the final is always hard” Jacob Luther “Overall, I’m quite happy with my races today. After I won the semi-final, I was more than satisfied. Starting last in the final is always tough. Nevertheless, I had a good final, although not as good as in the semi-final. Nevertheless, I am satisfied with 4th place and am already looking forward to the U18 World Championships in Krakow in two weeks,” said Luther.

The European title clearly went to the Frenchman Anatole Delassus (89,68) ahead of the Spaniard Paul Echaniz (91,26) and the Briton Etienne Chappell (94,75). Weger brothers are disappointed In the U23 kayak single, the Weger brothers had to make do with places 21 and 22. “Unfortunately, I didn’t have a good run today. It's the same in our sport. You lose 100 times to win once. “Two touches on the gate and an imperfect run meant that I couldn’t take part in the final run,” said Jakob Weger regretfully. His brother Matthias was also disappointed today, but he had at least won the silver medal in the K2 team run with Austria on Friday. “I had a good start in the semi-final run and was still ahead by 1 seconds at the last split. Then I made a serious mistake at gate number 0,22 and my dream of reaching the final was dashed,” said Matthias Weger.

The Slovakian Jakub Grigar (87,80) took the European title ahead of the Czech Tomas Zima (89,15) and the Russian Sergej Maimistov (89,40).

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Jakob Luther paddles just past bronze

Jakob Luther from Meran missed out on winning a medal in the kayak single sculls in the U18 category at the European Canoe Slalom Championships in Liptovsky Mikulas (Slovakia) on Sunday.

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