The men's kayak cross individual event at the 2025 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships took place on 29 September 2025 at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium in Penrith. It was the first time that medals were awarded for the time trial part of a kayak cross event at the World Championships.
Competition format The kayak cross individual time trial event is a single run competition which also serves as the qualification for the kayak cross event where 4 paddlers race each other head-to-head. Top 42 paddlers from the kayak cross individual time trial advanced to the knockout phase at these championships.
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 by receiving a fault (FLT). Faults are incurred for false starts, missing gates or failing to correctly perform the Eskimo roll. Athletes are ranked according to the time they achieve, with those incurring faults ranked at the bottom.
Results
Top 42 qualified for the kayak cross event.
RankBibAthleteNationTimeNotes 4 David Llorente 55.21 Q 1 Joseph Clarke 56.33 Q 19 Jakub Krejčí 56.89 Q 4 37 Jakub Grigar 57.13 Q 5 22 Matyáš Novák 57.17 Q 6 8 Jonny Dickson 57.27 Q 7 5 Manuel Ochoa 57.48 Q 8 7 Mathurin Madoré 57.49 Q 9 2 Finn Butcher 57.93 Q 10 26 Timothy Anderson 58.09 Q 11 28 Titouan Castryck 58.15 Q 12 9 Benjamin Renia 58.27 Q 13 13 Jan Rohrer 58.49 Q 14 17 Alex Baldoni 58.52 Q 15 15 Žiga Lin Hočevar 58.78 Q 16 16 Sam Leaver 58.99 Q 17 11 Giovanni De Gennaro 59.09 Q 18 10 Pedro Gonçalves 59.17 Q 19 38 Martin Rudorfer 59.29 Q 20 14 Noah Hegge 59.30 Q 21 50 Jakub Brzeziński 59.53 Q 22 58 Ivan Kozlov 59.66 Q 23 31 Nicholas Collier 59.70 Q 24 25 Stefan Hengst 59.89 Q 25 33 Xabier Ferrazzi 59.93 Q 26 29 Maxime Aubertin 59.95 Q 27 32 Artem Ivchenko 59.98 Q 28 34 Martin Halčin 60.01 Q 29 6 Mateusz Polaczyk 60.02 Q 30 59 Pavel Eigel 60.04 Q 31 18 Gabriel De Coster 60.13 Q 32 3 Martin Dougoud 60.17 Q 33 27 Benjamin Pope 60.19 Q 34 51 Serhii Sovko 60.24 Q 35 68 Lyu Luhui 60.25 Q 36 40 Alistair McCreery 60.26 Q 37 43 Mario Leitner 60.35 Q 38 21 Tillmann Röller 61.02 Q 39 24 Tadeusz Kuchno 61.12 Q 40 23 Gelindo Chiariello 61.52 Q 41 20 Lucien Delfour 61.57 Q 42 12 Andraz Echeverría Olguín 61.65 Q 43 66 Nikita Gubenko 62.30 44 41 Pau Echaniz 62.48 45 47 Trevor Boyd 62.66 46 48 Moritz Kremslehner 62.83 47 62 Zhang Jiahao 63.41 48 52 Thomas Ukalovic 63.43 49 44 Jan Ločnikar 63.90 50 67 Wu Shao-hsuan 64.16 51 35 Frederico Alvarenga 64.43 52 53 Guilherme Mapelli 64.63 53 57 Yuuki Tanaka 64.85 54 49 João Cunha 65.01 55 42 Mark Zielonka 66.02 56 46 Kaelin Friedenson 66.10 57 36 Kyler James Long 67.24 58 60 Mārtiņš Plaudis 67.42 59 45 Manuel Trípano 68.54 60 54 Antonio Reinoso 70.70 61 61 Adam Gonšenica 71.04 62 39 Huang Liman 59.53 63 65 Egor Smirnov 69.87 FLT (6) 64 55 Yusuke Muto 70.25 FLT (6) 65 72 Liao Li-hong 74.06 FLT (6) 66 30 Mathieu Desnos 63.16 FLT (2) 67 56 Lucas Jacob 70.68 FLT (2) 68 63 Nikhil Nijhawan 71.68 FLT (2) 69 73 Ng Wee Meng DNF 70 64 George Snook DSQ 70 Samuel Muchiri DNS 71 Mustafa Parlak DNS 69 Angel Petrushev DNS
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