Austria, Hungary, Russia rack up para-canoe World Cup titles

Two-time world champion Mendy Swoboda of Austria claimed the V1 men’s 200m TA title as well as the K1 men’s 200m TA title.

Austria, Hungary and Russia all won multiple titles last weekend at the ICF Para-Canoe World Cup event held in Szeged, Hungary – the last major event on the para-canoe calendar ahead of August’s World Championships.

The Russians recorded three first-place finishes, with Alexandra Dupik winning the K1 women’s 200m A, Larisa Volika taking the title in the V1 women’s 200m LTA and Igor Korobeynikov crossing the line first in the K1 men’s 200m A.

Daniel Geri starred for the host nation with a top finish in the V1 men’s 200m LTA, and teammate Robert Suba was the victor in the V1 men’s 200m A race.

Two-time world champion Mendy Swoboda of Austria claimed the V1 men’s 200m TA title as well as the K1 men’s 200m TA title.

Rounding out the events, Romania’s Iulian Serba won the K1 men’s 200m LTA, Italy’s Veronika Yoko Plebani was victorious in the K1 women’s 200m TA and Ukraine’s Natalia Lagutenko finished first in the V1 women’s 200m TA.

Next up, for the athletes, they will head to the ICF Para-Canoe World Championships, which take place from 6-10 August in Moscow, Russia.