Martin Srabotnik

Seu d’Urgell – Slovenian kayaker Martin Srabotnik placed second in the ICF Canoe-Kayak Slalom World Cup final in La Seu d’Urgell in Spain on Saturday. Czech Jiri Prskavec won the event and the overall World Cup standings.

Putting in an almost perfect final run, Savšek beat the home favourite Martin Thomas by 79 hundredths of a second. German Sideris Tasiadis trailed more than two seconds behind in third.

This is the second European champion title for the 32-year old Slovenian canoeist after he secured gold at the championship in Markkleeberg in 2015.