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Canoe Slalom World Cup
The 2024 Canoe Slalom World Cup was the highest level season-long series of competitions across six canoe slalom disciplines organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 37th edition and featured five stops (or races) in five different venues.
Canoeists competed for the title of the overall world cup champion in each of the six disciplines (3 for men and 3 for women), which were determined by the total number of points obtained from the five races.
Calendar
The series opened with World Cup Race 1 in Augsburg, Germany (30 May – 2 June) and concluded with the World Cup Final in La Seu, Spain (19-22 September).
The winner of each race was awarded 60 points (with double points awarded for the World Cup Final). Points for lower places differed from one category to another.
Due to floods on the Vltava river, the schedule had to be amended. For the four classic slalom events this meant that there would only be a single run of qualification with the top 10 athletes advancing straight to the final. The kayak cross events served as the qualification tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, with 3 spots up for grabs for both men and women. World cup points were not awarded for the kayak cross.
Windy conditions on Friday, 13 September have forced changes in the schedule. The canoe events only had a single run qualification and kayak semifinals and finals were moved to Saturday.