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Woods Clinches Overall in Augsburg After Funk Misses Final by 0.12 Seconds

Tiny penalties on a shortened, technical Augsburg course flipped the season standings.

Overview

  • Ricarda Funk incurred two gate touches at gates two and six for four penalty seconds, finished 13th in the semifinal, missed the top-12 cutoff by 0.12 seconds, and slipped to fourth overall.
  • Britain’s Kimberley Woods won the Augsburg K1 race to secure the women’s overall World Cup title on the double-points finale weekend.
  • France’s Anatole Delassus won the men’s K1 final in Augsburg, while compatriot Titouan Castryck captured the men’s overall World Cup.
  • Home paddlers delivered podiums as Elena Lilik took silver in women’s K1 and Noah Hegge earned silver in men’s K1; Hannes Aigner placed eighth in the men’s final.
  • After the C1 and kayak-cross events in Augsburg, the German team departs for Australia to prepare in Penrith for the World Championships in Sydney from September 29 to October 4.