The women'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 5 Alena Marx 62.09 Q 25 Ajda Novak 63.07 Q 16 Ana Sátila 63.23 Q 4 21 Andrea Herzog 63.28 Q 5 4 Noemie Fox 63.35 Q 6 2 Angèle Hug 63.46 Q 7 9 Emma Vuitton 63.48 Q 8 10 Nikita Setchell 63.71 Q 9 15 Mònica Dòria 64.03 Q 10 11 Klaudia Zwolińska 64.19 Q 11 8 Evy Leibfarth 64.23 Q 12 19 Chiara Sabattini 64.27 Q 13 17 Miren Lazkano 65.10 Q 14 12 Tereza Kneblová 65.22 Q 15 1 Kimberley Woods 65.64 Q 16 31 Soňa Stanovská 65.96 Q 17 6 Maialen Chourraut 66.43 Q 18 30 Zuzana Paňková 66.76 Q 19 3 Camille Prigent 67.06 Q 20 39 Amálie Hilgertová 67.35 Q 21 36 Aleksandra Góra 67.50 Q 22 26 Nele Bayn 67.90 Q 23 34 Laia Sorribes 67.96 Q 24 46 Kseniia Krylova 68.01 Q 25 14 Omira Estácia Neta 68.30 Q 26 24 Lena Teunissen 68.91 Q 27 18 Lois Leaver 69.20 Q 28 35 Dominika Brzeska 69.31 Q 29 27 Viktoriia Us 70.41 Q 30 48 Chang Chu-han 71.24 Q 31 37 Rosie Rex 71.25 Q 32 51 Mariia Sokolova 71.77 Q 33 29 Marcella Altman 72.53 Q 34 7 Ricarda Funk 72.99 Q 35 28 Sofía Reinoso 73.06 Q 36 40 Courtney Williams 73.82 Q 37 32 Codie Davidson 78.01 Q 38 13 Xie Xueting 78.24 Q 39 41 Cleo Pitcher Farrell 78.42 Q 40 44 Waris Mills 81.17 Q 41 23 Li Shiting 81.30 Q 42 38 Laura Plata 86.98 Q 43 49 Blandine Xhemajlji 80.08 FLT (R) 44 22 Olga Samková 63.86 FLT (7) 45 45 Wu Ting-i 70.22 FLT (6) 46 20 Eva Alina Hočevar 63.57 FLT (2) 47 47 Alsu Minazova 69.56 FLT (2) 48 42 Emanuela Luknárová 70.78 FLT (2) 49 43 Aki Yazawa 71.59 FLT (2) 50 33 Georgia O'Callaghan 68.05 FLT (2, 7) 51 50 Michelle Wambui Kuria 80.02 FLT (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, R, 8)
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