Attention canoe fans: The Finals 2025 rock the HafenCity in Dresden!

Attention canoe fans: The Finals 2025 rock the HafenCity in Dresden!

The excitement around canoe sports increases: the 2025 finals are just around the corner. On August 1st and August 2025, HafenCity in Dresden will become a hotspot for canoe fans. At this exciting event, the best athletes will compete against each other in various parallel sprint disciplines. As reports the kanu.de, the program offers an exciting mixture-starting with the SUP parallel sprint for men, to kayak and canadier to para-canoe competitions.

On Friday, August 1st, the following competitions will be held:

• SUP parallel sprint (men)
• kajakzweier parallel sprint (mixed)
• para-canoe parallel sprint
• Canadier-one parallel sprint (women)
• Canadier-one parallel sprint (men)

On Saturday the exciting sequel follows with competitions such as the SUP parallel sprint for women and the kayak-one parallel sprint for both genders.

live broadcast of the competitions

For everyone who cannot follow the spectacle on site, there is good news. The competitions are broadcast live at the sports show. On Friday, the Para-Kanu and Canadier semi-finals can be seen on ZDF from 3:00 p.m. and the final fights from 3:30 p.m. Saturday offers the C2-Mixed and kayak finals from 4:05 p.m. another highlight that will be broadcast in the first. The complete information can be found on the website The Finals.

But that's not all that the canoe world has to offer in the coming year. The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris throw their shadows ahead, and canoe will also be a big topic here. Between July 27 and August 10, a total of 16 competitions in the disciplines of canoe racing and canoe slalom are planned. The SWP emphasizes that team with 23 athletes, including 18 in racing, has strong opportunities on medals.

The selection ranges from tried -and -tested athletes such as Sebastian Brendel and Sarah Brüßler to emerging talents. The canoe racing competitions take place in the Stade Nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne, while for the canoe slalom the currents in the Stade d’Aau Vive Vaires-Sur-Marne are tested.

competition data of the Olympic Games

Here is an overview of the competitions:

The current developments in canoe, including the innovations for the Olympic Games such as the one kayak cross, show that sport remains dynamic. If you are interested in the canoe world, you should watch the next few months-it will surely be exciting!