The women's kayak cross event at the 2025 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships took place on 4 October 2025 at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium in Penrith, with the qualification time trial on 29 September 2025.
Competition format The kayak cross event is split into two phases – qualification time trials and knockout phase where 3 or 4 paddlers race each other head-to-head. Top 42 paddlers from the individual time trial (which is a medal event in itself) advance to the knockout phase.
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.
Schedule
All times listed are UTC+10.
Date Time Round 29 September 2025 14:58 Time trial4 October 2025 10:03 Round 1 11:22 Repechage round 12:33 Heats 14:05 Quarterfinals 14:49 Semifinals 15:11 Small final 15:24 Final
Results
Time trial
2025 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Women's kayak cross individual
Round 1
Top 2 from each race advance to the heats. The rest go to repechage.
Proceed to heats Proceed to repechage
+ Race 1 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 12 Chiara Sabattini 2 1 Alena Marx 3 33 Marcella Altman
+ Race 2 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 2 Ajda Novak 2 13 Miren Lazkano 3 32 Mariia Sokolova
+ Race 3 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 3 Ana Sátila 2 14 Tereza Kneblová 3 42 Laura Plata 4 31 Rosie Rex
+ Race 4 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 15 Kimberley Woods 2 41 Li Shiting 3 4 Andrea Herzog 4 30 Chang Chu-han FLT (6)
+ Race 5 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 16 Soňa Stanovská 2 29 Viktoriia Us 3 5 Noemie Fox 4 40 Waris Mills
+ Race 6 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 6 Angèle Hug 2 17 Maialen Chourraut 3 28 Dominika Brzeska 4 39 Cleo Pitcher Farrell
+ Race 7 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 7 Emma Vuitton 2 18 Zuzana Paňková 3 27 Lois Leaver FLT (5) 4 38 Xie Xueting FLT (R, 8)
+ Race 8 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 19 Camille Prigent 2 8 Nikita Setchell 3 26 Lena Teunissen 4 37 Codie Davidson
+ Race 9 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 25 Omira Estácia Neta 2 20 Amálie Hilgertová 3 36 Courtney Williams 4 9 Mònica Dòria
+ Race 10 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 10 Klaudia Zwolińska 2 21 Aleksandra Góra 3 24 Kseniia Krylova 4 35 Sofía Reinoso
+ Race 11 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 11 Evy Leibfarth 2 22 Nele Bayn 3 23 Laia Sorribes 4 34 Ricarda Funk FLT (5)
Repechage
Top 2 from each race advance to the heats. The rest are eliminated.
Proceed to heats Eliminated
+ Race 1 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 4 Andrea Herzog 2 26 Lena Teunissen 3 42 Laura Plata 4 36 Courtney Williams
+ Race 2 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 27 Lois Leaver 2 5 Noemie Fox 3 40 Waris Mills 4 35 Sofía Reinoso
+ Race 3 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 9 Mònica Dòria 2 34 Ricarda Funk 3 28 Dominika Brzeska 4 39 Cleo Pitcher Farrell
+ Race 4 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 23 Laia Sorribes 2 30 Chang Chu-han 3 33 Marcella Altman 38 Xie Xueting DNS
+ Race 5 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 31 Rosie Rex 2 24 Kseniia Krylova 3 32 Mariia Sokolova 4 37 Codie Davidson
Heats
Top 2 from each race advance to the quarterfinals. The rest are eliminated.
Proceed to quarterfinals Eliminated
+ Race 1 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 16 Maialen Chourraut 2 32 Ricarda Funk 3 17 Zuzana Paňková 4 1 Ajda Novak FLT (2)
+ Race 2 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 24 Mònica Dòria 2 8 Kimberley Woods 3 9 Soňa Stanovská 4 25 Laia Sorribes
+ Race 3 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 21 Viktoriia Us 2 5 Klaudia Zwolińska 3 12 Alena Marx 4 28 Noemie Fox
+ Race 4 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 29 Kseniia Krylova 2 13 Nikita Setchell 3 4 Emma Vuitton 4 20 Nele Bayn
+ Race 5 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 3 Angèle Hug 2 30 Lena Teunissen 3 14 Miren Lazkano 4 19 Aleksandra Góra
+ Race 6 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 6 Evy Leibfarth 2 22 Li Shiting 3 27 Rosie Rex 4 11 Omira Estácia Neta
+ Race 7 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 10 Camille Prigent 2 23 Andrea Herzog 3 7 Chiara Sabattini 4 26 Lois Leaver
+ Race 8 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 15 Tereza Kneblová 2 2 Ana Sátila 3 31 Chang Chu-han 4 18 Amálie Hilgertová
Quarterfinals
Top 2 from each race advance to the semifinals. The rest are eliminated.
Proceed to semifinals Eliminated
+ Race 1 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 16 Maialen Chourraut 2 32 Ricarda Funk 3 8 Kimberley Woods 4 24 Mònica Dòria
+ Race 2 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 5 Klaudia Zwolińska 2 13 Nikita Setchell 3 21 Viktoriia Us 4 29 Kseniia Krylova FLT (2)
+ Race 3 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 3 Angèle Hug 2 6 Evy Leibfarth 3 30 Lena Teunissen 4 22 Li Shiting
+ Race 4 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 23 Andrea Herzog 2 10 Camille Prigent 3 15 Tereza Kneblová 4 2 Ana Sátila
Semifinals
Top 2 from each race advance to the final. The rest go to the small final.
Proceed to final Proceed to small final
+ Race 1 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 16 Maialen Chourraut 2 5 Klaudia Zwolińska 3 13 Nikita Setchell 4 32 Ricarda Funk
+ Race 2 Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 3 Angèle Hug 2 10 Camille Prigent 3 23 Andrea Herzog 4 6 Evy Leibfarth
Small final
Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 1 13 Nikita Setchell 2 32 Ricarda Funk 3 23 Andrea Herzog 4 6 Evy Leibfarth
Final
Rank Bib Athlete Country Notes 3 Angèle Hug 10 Camille Prigent 5 Klaudia Zwolińska 4 16 Maialen Chourraut
Final ranking (Top 42)
The top 42 ranking determined by the knockout rounds.
RankAthleteCountryHeat rank Angèle Hug 1 Camille Prigent 2 Klaudia Zwolińska 3 4 Maialen Chourraut 4 5 Nikita Setchell 1 6 Ricarda Funk 2 7 Andrea Herzog 3 8 Evy Leibfarth 4 9 Kimberley Woods QF1 (3) 10 Tereza Kneblová QF4 (3) 11 Viktoriia Us QF2 (3) 12 Lena Teunissen QF3 (3) 13 Ana Sátila QF4 (4) 14 Li Shiting QF3 (4) 15 Mònica Dòria QF1 (4) 16 Kseniia Krylova QF2 (4) 17 Emma Vuitton H4 (3) 18 Chiara Sabattini H7 (3) 19 Soňa Stanovská H2 (3) 20 Alena Marx H3 (3) 21 Miren Lazkano H5 (3) 22 Zuzana Paňková H1 (3) 23 Rosie Rex H6 (3) 24 Chang Chu-han H8 (3) 25 Ajda Novak H1 (4) 26 Omira Estácia Neta H6 (4) 27 Amálie Hilgertová H8 (4) 28 Aleksandra Góra H5 (4) 29 Nele Bayn H4 (4) 30 Laia Sorribes H2 (4) 31 Lois Leaver H7 (4) 32 Noemie Fox H3 (4) 33 Dominika Brzeska RE (3) 34 Mariia Sokolova RE (3) 35 Marcella Altman RE (3) 36 Waris Mills RE (3) 37 Laura Plata RE (3) 38 Sofía Reinoso RE (4) 39 Courtney Williams RE (4) 40 Codie Davidson RE (4) 41 Cleo Pitcher Farrell RE (4) 42 Xie Xueting RE (DNS)
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