2025 ICF SLALOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | ICF SLALOM 2025 Run
2025 ICF SLALOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | ICF SLALOM 2025
Basic Information
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Event name: 2025 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
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Host city / Venue: Penrith Whitewater Stadium, near Sydney, Australia
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Dates: 29 September to 4 October 2025
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The event is a Senior level competition (i.e. not junior or U23)
Participants & Scale
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More than 300 athletes expected
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From about 50 countries
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Medal events: 10-12, including canoe and kayak singles (C1, K1), team events, plus Kayak Cross (this last one is debuting as a medal event)
Events & Medal Categories
Here are the events that will be held / contested:
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Men’s C1 (Canoe Single)
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Men’s C1 Team
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Men’s K1 (Kayak Single)
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Men’s K1 Team
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Men’s Kayak Cross Individual
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Women’s C1
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Women’s C1 Team
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Women’s K1
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Women’s K1 Team
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Women’s Kayak Cross Individual
(The total medal events will include these and possibly other mixed or repechage/qualifier medal events, which make up the ~10-12 medals.)
Schedule Outline
Over the six-day competition there will be phases like:
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Opening Day: includes Kayak Cross Individual & medals
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Next days: Canoe heats, Canoe team finals & medals
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Then: Kayak heats, Kayak team finals & medals
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Semi-finals and Finals for Canoe
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Semi-finals and Finals for Kayak
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Closing Day
Also there is repechage rounds (second-chance heats) for Kayak Cross, etc.
“Team Info”/Logistics Details
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Official and unofficial training sessions before the event
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Course design: there are specific courses for Canoe, Kayak, and Kayak Cross
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There are information bulletins for teams covering visa, border entry, transport, etc.
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Competition schedule made available; course maps/training schedule also published for teams
Significance & History
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This is the 44th edition of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
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Penrith will be hosting again; the stadium was used in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and previously hosted World Championships in 2005
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Kayak Cross is making its debut as a medal event at this Worlds