The 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held 8–12 September 2010 at Tacen Whitewater Course, Slovenia under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the record-tying third time. It was the 33rd edition. Tacen hosted the event previously in 1955 and 1991 when it was part of Yugoslavia, and joins the following cities that have hosted the event three times: Spittal, Austria (1963, 1965, and 1977); Meran, Italy (1953, 1971, and 1983); Bourg St.-Maurice, France (1969, 1987, and 2002); and Augsburg, Germany (1957, 1985, and 2003). Women's single canoe (C1W) events became a medal event after being an exhibition in the previous championships.

Ten nations won medals at the championships, the most since the 2005 championships in Penrith. Slovakia was the big winner with five medals including three golds and two silvers. Men's canoe top medalists were Slovak Michal Martikán and France's Denis Gargaud Chanut and Fabien Lefèvre, each with two medals (one gold and one silver). Lefèvre became the first canoeist to medal in both canoe and kayak disciplines at the same championship while Jana Dukátová of Slovakia became the first woman to win gold in the C1 event and the first woman to medal in both canoe and kayak disciplines at the same championship. Dukátová won silver in the K1 women's event the day before. Italy's Daniele Molmenti won two medals in men's kayak with gold in K1 and bronze in K1 team.

Weather conditions forced schedule changes when flow from the River Sava increased water flow fivefold, resulting in course damage that delayed competition for nearly a day on 9 September.

Event's corporate images Event logo The logo comprised elements connected to the sport and the event's organization.Corporate image of the 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. – accessed 10 February 2010. Main motif of two paddles that made up the letter X, which was the Roman numeral for 10 which is for 2010. It also is for the Roman Empire settlement of Emona, located in present-day Ljubljana, located near Tacen. The paddles in the middle of the boat are not connected deliberately to communicate both canoeing and kayaking.

Main motif is framed by a crest which comprises two lines. The bottom line is a copy of the boat in the transverse section while the top line is a copy of the boat in the vertical section. The crest carries a sense of nobility and that the sport in the past was connected with both townspeople and aristocrats along with environmental protection. Waves shown flanking the crest link the event's organizer with the ICF.

Short name SLOKA has two names: SLalOm KAyak and Canoe Championships or SLOvene KAyak and canoe. It is acceptable in foreign languages that does not contain any special Slovene characters.

Slogan The slogan Wild water, pure joy (Divja voda, čisti užitek is ) describes the essence of conquering the rapids refers to wild water and pleasure simultaneously. This slogan is in green and blue that combines water pleasures and ecology.

Mascot The crawfish is a symbol of clean water and life in and around that water. It is also an independent and distinctive character to enhance the story of motion and vivacity that also evokes positive motions.

Schedule This was the schedule listed as of 15 August 2010.2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships provisional program. – accessed 15 August 2010. All times listed are CEST (UTC+2).

Event date Starting time Event details 7 September 16:00 Official team leaders team meeting 20:00 Opening ceremony 8 September 10:00 Demonstration run for heats 14:30 Heats C2 and K1W 9 September 10:00 Heats C1M and C1W 15:00 Heats K1M 20:00 Reception for team leaders and officials 10 September 10:00 Heats team events in all categories 15:00 Finals team events in all categories 16:40 Medal ceremonies for team events 18:00 Demonstration run for finals 20:00 VIP and Team Leaders reception 11 September 11:00 Semifinals C2 and K1W 14:30 Finals C2 and K1W 15:30 Medals presentation C2 and K1W 12 September 09:30 Semifinals C1M, C1W, and K1M 14:30 Finals C1M and C1W 15:25 Medal ceremony C1M and C1W 15:35 Finals K1M 16:10 Medal ceremony for K1M 16:30 Closing ceremony

K1 heats for 9 September were postponed due to the River Sava water flows exceeding . K1 heats were moved to 10 September at 14:30."New info: Programme postponed!" 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships official website (9 September 2010 accessed 9 September 2010). Two days earlier, the schedule was also revised for all individual events to flow along the river rising from a level of ."Revised programme" – 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships news (7 September 2010 accessed 10 September 2010).

A revised schedule was issued on 10 September. The C1W team event was canceled as a result of the schedule change.Revised 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships schedule on 10 September 2010. – accessed 10 September 2010.

Event date Starting time Event details 10 September 11:00 Team leaders meeting 14:30 Heats K1M 16:40 Officials meeting 20:00 VIP and Team Leaders reception 11 September 11:00 Semifinals C2 and K1W 14:30 Finals C2 and K1W 15:30 Medals presentation C2 and K1W 16:30 Team finals C2 and K1W 17:30 Medals presentation team C2 and K1W 12 September 09:30 Semifinals C1M, C1W, and K1M 14:30 Finals C1M, C1W, and K1M 16:00 Medal presentation C1W 16:30 Team finals C1M and K1M 17:45 Medal presentation C1M, K1M 18:00 Medal presentation team C1M, K1M 18:17 Closing ceremony

Medal summary Men's Canoe Event Gold Points Silver Points Bronze Points C12010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 12 September 2010 C1 men's final results. – accessed 12 September 2010. 95.70 98.61 99.41 C1 team2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 12 September 2010 C1 men's team final results – accessed 12 September 2010. Michal MartikánAlexander SlafkovskýMatej Beňuš 105.34 Sideris TasiadisJan BenzienFranz Anton 106.71 Stanislav JežekJan MašekMichal Jáně 110.67 C22010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 11 September 2010 C2 men's final results – accessed 11 September 2010. Pavol HochschornerPeter Hochschorner 105.35 Denis Gargaud ChanutFabien Lefèvre 109.00 David FlorenceRichard Hounslow 109.36 C2 team2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 11 September 2010 C2 men's team final results. – accessed 11 September 2010. Denis Gargaud Chanut & Fabien LefèvreGauthier Klauss & Matthieu PéchéPierre Picco & Hugo Biso 124.90 Jaroslav Volf & Ondřej ŠtěpánekTomáš Koplík & Jakub VrzáňLukáš Přinda & Jan Havlíček 125.70 Kai Müller & Kevin MüllerRobert Behling & Thomas BeckerDavid Schröder & Frank Henze 126.78

Kayak Event Gold Points Silver Points Bronze Points K12010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 12 September 2010 K1 men's final results. – accessed 12 September 2010. 91.00 91.56 93.74 K1 team2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 12 September 2010 K1 men's team final results – accessed 12 September 2010. Alexander GrimmFabian DörflerHannes Aigner 101.80 Pierre BourliaudBoris NeveuFabien Lefèvre 102.92 Daniele MolmentiDiego PaoliniStefano Cipressi 103.55

Women's Canoe Event Gold Points Silver Points Bronze Points C12010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 12 September 2010 -1 women's final results. – accessed 12 September 2010. 125.71 131.90 134.18

Kayak Event Gold Points Silver Points Bronze Points K12010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 11 September 2010 K1 women's final results. – accessed 11 September 2010. 102.64 107.73 110.06 K1 team2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 11 September 2010 K1 women's team final results. – accessed 11 September 2010. Štěpánka HilgertováIrena PavelkováMarie Řihošková 126.23 Jennifer BongardtJasmin SchornbergMelanie Pfeifer 131.42 Eva TerčeljNina MozetičUrša Kragelj 136.11

Medal table

References

2009–2011 ICF schedule. – accessed 16 July 2009. International Canoe Federation

External links Official website