The men's kayak cross event at the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships took place on 24 September 2023 at the Lee Valley White Water Centre in London.
Competition format The kayak cross event (formerly known as extreme kayak) is split into two phases - qualification time trials and knockout phase where 4 paddlers race each other head-to-head. Top 20 paddlers from the qualification advance to the knockout phase plus the 12 next fastest paddlers from countries that have not qualified in the top 20. There are 8 heats in the first round of the knockout phase with the top 2 paddlers from each heat advancing to the next round. The same rules apply in quarterfinals and semifinals.
Paddlers start their run by sliding off the starting platform several meters above the water. Then they must navigate the downstream and upstream gates. Unlike in classic slalom, paddlers are allowed to touch the gates and even intentionally move them with their paddle, but not with a free hand. There is also a designated zone where paddlers must perform an Eskimo roll.
Athletes can be penalized in three ways in each round, by receiving a fault (FLT) or by being ranked as lower (RAL). Faults are incurred for false starts, missing gates or failing to correctly perform the Eskimo roll. Athletes are ranked as lower (RAL) if they breach the safety requirements of the competition, such as by holding back another athlete with their hands or paddle, deliberately paddling over another athlete's boat, or by making dangerous contact with another athlete's head or body - all other non-dangerous contact is allowed. In each round athletes are ranked first by the order in which they cross the finish line, with those incurring penalties ranked in the following order: FLT, RAL, DNF, .
The final classification of athletes is determined in the following manner: Athletes eliminated at any phase of the competition will be given their rank based on the comparison of the qualification times of athletes eliminated at the same phase. All 3rd ranked athletes will be ranked above all 4th ranked athletes. The final rank of athletes who did not progress to the heats is determined by their qualification results.
Schedule
All times listed are UTC+1.
Date Time Round24 September 2023 09:53 Time trials 12:19 Heats 13:53 Quarterfinals 14:20 Semifinals 14:37 Final
Results
Time trials
Top 20 qualify automatically. The last 12 spots go to fastest paddlers from countries not yet qualified.
RankBibAthleteCountryTimeNotes 1 1 Joseph Clarke 71.24 Q 2 21 David Llorente 71.68 Q 3 9 Benjamin Renia 72.19 Q 4 6 Giovanni De Gennaro 72.74 Q 5 35 Martin Dougoud 72.75 Q 6 14 Felix Oschmautz 72.81 Q 7 3 Finn Butcher 72.95 Q 8 2 Dimitri Marx 73.00 Q 9 13 Hannes Aigner 73.03 Q 10 24 Christopher Bowers 73.18 Q 11 47 Lucien Delfour 73.44 Q 12 10 Jan Rohrer 73.83 Q 13 38 Jakub Krejčí 73.89 Q 14 16 Boris Neveu 73.97 Q 15 45 Miquel Travé 74.03 Q 16 40 Jonny Dickson 74.09 Q 17 32 Titouan Castryck 74.43 Q 18 22 Etienne Chappell 74.48 Q 19 52 Quan Xin 74.66 Q 20 81 Tadeusz Kuchno 74.72 Q 21 7 Mario Leitner 74.73 : 33 22 5 Stefan Hengst 74.78 : 34 23 34 Gabriel De Coster 75.02 Q 24 31 Alistair McCreery 75.04 Q 25 19 Michał Pasiut 75.23 : 35 26 26 Ondřej Tunka 75.36 : 36 27 17 Manuel Ochoa 75.42 : 37 28 15 Timothy Anderson 75.78 : 38 29 12 Pedro Gonçalves 75.91 Q 30 8 Vid Kuder Marušič 76.09 Q 31 23 Alex Baldoni 76.09 Q 32 56 Maxime Aubertin 76.27 : 39 33 83 Tristan Carter 76.35 : 40 34 41 Manuel Munsch 76.50 : 41 35 25 Erik Holmer 76.74 Q 36 48 Mathieu Desnos 76.75 : 42 37 20 Tine Kancler 76.96 : 43 38 42 Callum Gilbert 77.06 : 44 39 61 Žiga Lin Hočevar 77.17 : 45 40 85 Dariusz Popiela 77.69 : 46 41 49 Fredrik Wahlén 77.94 : 47 42 73 Matías Contreras 78.34 Q 43 44 Pau Echaniz 78.35 : 48 44 46 Mārtiņš Plaudis 79.26 Q 45 91 Frederico Alvarenga 79.31 Q 46 66 Adam Gonšenica 79.55 Q 47 64 Leonardo Proietti 80.05 : 49 48 51 Lorand Gjoshi 80.06 Q 49 18 Isak Öhrström 80.20 : 50 50 89 Zhu Haoran 80.46 : 51 51 30 Andraz Echeverría Olguín 80.62 Q 52 63 Brodie Crawford 80.64 53 82 Salim Ahmad Jemai 80.86 54 77 Lucas Jacob 81.03 55 27 Kyler James Long 82.05 56 76 Lucas Rossi 82.41 57 59 Manuel Trípano 82.79 58 99 Guilherme Mapelli 82.80 59 67 Moritz Kremslehner 83.02 60 65 Maël Rivard 83.11 61 75 Ritvars Celmiņš 83.36 62 80 Kauã da Silva 83.41 63 68 Ren Korpes 83.77 64 29 Mateusz Polaczyk 83.93 65 86 Bryson Long 84.55 66 71 Andy Barat 85.08 67 33 Mathis Soudi 85.94 68 50 Tren Long 85.99 69 92 Peter Kauzer 86.21 70 74 Alexis Pérez 88.10 71 72 Donovan Wewege 88.42 72 69 Djanibek Temirgaliev 89.53 73 60 Edgars Gravitis 90.21 74 87 Liu Chin-han 91.34 75 103 Marcos Gallegos 91.83 76 43 Jakub Grigar 93.36 77 58 Alexandr Kulikov 95.84 78 96 Luis Erazo 96.50 79 95 Amir Rezanejad Hassanjani ICF 96.63 80 84 Samuel Muchiri 98.50 81 102 Scott Humphry 102.78 82 90 Fernando Reinoso 104.40 83 88 Pradhyumna Singh Rathod 120.47 84 11 Vít Přindiš 71.97 FLT (6) 85 55 Thomas Ukalovic 82.19 FLT (6) 86 94 Mantas Atmanavičius 96.44 FLT (6) 87 36 Noah Hegge 74.23 FLT (5) 88 4 Anatole Delassus 75.84 FLT (5) 89 28 Kaelin Friedenson 79.95 FLT (5) 90 93 Vilius Rasimavičius 81.65 FLT (5) 91 57 João Cunha 85.92 FLT (5) 92 53 Antonio Reinoso 101.78 FLT (5) 93 37 Trevor Boyd 91.00 FLT (R) 94 78 Solomon Maragh 97.34 FLT (R) 95 62 Nicolás Trípano 84.96 FLT (3) 96 54 Huang Liman 75.32 FLT (1) 97 39 Martin Halčin 76.32 FLT (1) 98 79 Lukáš Rohan 80.86 FLT (1) 99 70 Terence Saramandif 93.26 FLT (1, 5) - 101 Iain Rennie - DNF - 97 Imangali Mambetov DNS - 100 Sam Oud DNS - 98 Tang Hung-Yuan DNS - 104 Ioannis Zachos DNS
Knockout rounds
Top 2 from each heat, quarterfinal and semifinal advance to the next round.
Heats
Heat 1 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 1 Joseph Clarke Q 2 16 Jonny Dickson Q 3 32 Andraz Echeverría Olguín 4 17 Titouan Castryck FLT (5)
Heat 2 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 8 Dimitri Marx Q 2 25 Alex Baldoni Q 3 9 Hannes Aigner 4 24 Vid Kuder Marušič FLT (2)
Heat 3 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 21 Gabriel De Coster Q 2 5 Martin Dougoud Q 3 28 Mārtiņš Plaudis 4 12 Jan Rohrer FLT (1)
Heat 4 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 4 Giovanni De Gennaro Q 2 20 Tadeusz Kuchno Q 3 29 Frederico Alvarenga 4 13 Jakub Krejčí RAL
Heat 5 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 14 Boris Neveu Q 2 3 Benjamin Renia Q 3 19 Quan Xin FLT (1) 4 30 Adam Gonšenica RAL
Heat 6 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 6 Felix Oschmautz Q 2 11 Lucien Delfour Q 3 22 Alistair McCreery 4 27 Matías Contreras
Heat 7 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 26 Erik Holmer Q 2 7 Finn Butcher Q 3 10 Christopher Bowers 4 23 Pedro Gonçalves
Heat 8 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 2 David Llorente Q 2 18 Etienne Chappell Q 3 31 Lorand Gjoshi 4 15 Miquel Travé
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinal 1 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 8 Dimitri Marx Q 2 1 Joseph Clarke Q 3 25 Alex Baldoni FLT (5) 4 16 Jonny Dickson FLT (3, 4)
Quarterfinal 2 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 5 Martin Dougoud Q 2 21 Gabriel De Coster Q 3 4 Giovanni De Gennaro 4 20 Tadeusz Kuchno
Quarterfinal 3 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 3 Benjamin Renia Q 2 14 Boris Neveu Q 3 6 Felix Oschmautz 4 11 Lucien Delfour FLT (6)
Quarterfinal 4 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 2 David Llorente Q 2 26 Erik Holmer Q 3 7 Finn Butcher 4 18 Etienne Chappell
Semifinals
Semifinal 1 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 5 Martin Dougoud Q 2 1 Joseph Clarke Q 3 21 Gabriel De Coster 4 8 Dimitri Marx FLT (5)
Semifinal 2 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 14 Boris Neveu Q 2 3 Benjamin Renia Q 3 2 David Llorente 4 26 Erik Holmer
Final
Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 Joseph Clarke 14 Boris Neveu 5 Martin Dougoud 4 3 Benjamin Renia
Final ranking (Top 32)
The top 32 ranking determined by the knockout rounds. Bib numbers correspond to seeding after time trials.
RankBibAthleteCountryHeat rank 1 Joseph Clarke 1 14 Boris Neveu 2 5 Martin Dougoud 3 4 3 Benjamin Renia 4 5 2 David Llorente SF2 (3) 6 21 Gabriel De Coster SF1 (3) 7 8 Dimitri Marx SF1 (4) 8 26 Erik Holmer SF2 (4) 9 4 Giovanni De Gennaro QF2 (3) 10 6 Felix Oschmautz QF3 (3) 11 7 Finn Butcher QF4 (3) 12 25 Alex Baldoni QF1 (3) 13 11 Lucien Delfour QF3 (4) 14 16 Jonny Dickson QF1 (4) 15 18 Etienne Chappell QF4 (4) 16 20 Tadeusz Kuchno QF2 (4) 17 9 Hannes Aigner H2 (3) 18 10 Christopher Bowers H7 (3) 19 19 Quan Xin H5 (3) 20 22 Alistair McCreery H6 (3) 21 28 Mārtiņš Plaudis H3 (3) 22 29 Frederico Alvarenga H4 (3) 23 31 Lorand Gjoshi H8 (3) 24 32 Andraz Echeverría Olguín H1 (3) 25 12 Jan Rohrer H3 (4) 26 13 Jakub Krejčí H4 (4) 27 15 Miquel Travé H8 (4) 28 17 Titouan Castryck H1 (4) 29 23 Pedro Gonçalves H7 (4) 30 24 Vid Kuder Marušič H2 (4) 31 27 Matías Contreras H6 (4) 32 30 Adam Gonšenica H5 (4)
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