Luther and Weger miss medals

At the Junior Canoe Slalom European Championships in the Slovakian capital Bratislava, SC Meran canoeists Valentin Luther (U18) and Matthias Weger (U23) made it to the final. ( SportNews reported)

In the final of the best 15, however, there was nothing to gain for the two Burggräfler canoeists. Matthias Weger, who competes for the Austrian association, had to settle for 89,05th place with a time of 7. The victory went to the Spaniard David Llorente in 84,17, silver went to the Slovakian Jakub Grigar (+1,57), bronze went to Lukas Stahl from Germany (+1,60). “After running the fastest time in the semifinals, I wanted to give it my all again in the final run. Unfortunately, the run didn't quite go as planned and I received a kick-off. “I’m still very happy with my performance and 7th place and hope to be fit again by the World Championships in Rio,” said Matthias Weger. Schenner will skip the next Canoe Slalom World Cups in order to recover his health.

Matthias Weger's younger brother, the “Azzurro” Jakob Weger, was not there in the final. In the semi-finals of the U23 canoeists, the U23 world champion Jakob Weger surprisingly missed out on making it to the final. Rank 24 out of 30 participants was not enough.

Decent European Championship debut for Valentin Luther The European Championships were a new experience for young talent Valentin Luther. He took part in a Junior European Championships for the first time. In the U18 age group he took 15th place in the final of the best 12. Luther was given around 50 seconds penalty, which ultimately meant a time of 135,84. He finished the semifinals in a strong 3rd place. “Yes, it’s a real shame. However, I am very happy to know that I can do it. I would have even come fourth in the U23 with my running time. I console myself with the fact that I was only 0,5 seconds behind Jakub Grigar, who finished fifth in the Olympics. I feel like I am runner-up in Europe and that is the most important thing,” said Valentin Luther after his great disappointment.

The victory went to the Spaniard Miquel Trave in 85,70. Silver went to Czech Thomas Zima (+0,79), bronze went to his compatriot Jan Barta (+1,05).

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Luther and Weger miss medals

There was nothing to gain for Valentin Luther (U18) and Matthias Weger (U23) on Saturday afternoon at the European Championships in the kayak singles final.

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