Overview

• Ricarda Funk won her fourth European Championship K1 title, finishing 3.23 seconds ahead of Gabriela Satkova, with Zuzana Pankova in third place.
• The competition took place on the Olympic course in Vaires-sur-Marne, where Funk had previously faced a devastating setback at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
• Funk missed gate 20 at the Paris Olympics, incurring a 50-second penalty that cost her a medal and led to an emotional recovery process.
• Reflecting on her victory, Funk shared that she visualized achieving 'flow' and expressed a sense of closure with both the course and her Olympic disappointment.
• She noted that the problematic gate 20 from the Olympics was absent this time, allowing her to showcase her skill and resilience.