2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Women's C1

Andrea Herzog of Germany entered the event as the reigning world champion, having taken the title in 2019 in La Seu d'Urgell.[3] This was the first World Championships since women's C1 made its Olympic debut at Tokyo, where Jess Fox won gold ahead of Mallory Franklin and Herzog.[4] Czech Tereza Fišerová came into the event having taken her first World Cup overall title after winning the final round in Pau.[5] All four were favourites for the title as the highest ranked athletes by the ICF.[6][7]

The women's C1 event in canoe slalom uses a three-round format with heats, a semifinal and final. Athletes complete up to two runs in the heats. In the first heat, the 20 fastest women qualify automatically for the semifinal, whilst the rest complete another run in the repêchage second heat for a further 10 qualification positions. The final rank of non-qualifying athletes is determined by their second run score. Athletes start in the reverse order of their heats position in the semifinal and complete a single run, with the top 10 advancing to the final. The athlete with the best time in the single-run final is awarded gold.[8]

Penalties of 2 or 50 seconds are incurred for infractions such as missing a gate, touching a gate, or not negotiating gates in numerical order. A team may request up to one review of a penalty per boat in the heats or semifinals phases, with no enquiries considered in the finals.[8]

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Kimberley Woods set the fastest time in the first heat with a penalty-free 92.11. This was particularly significant, given she had been in a wheelchair a week earlier, following a car accident.[9] Fellow countrywoman Mallory Franklin set the second fastest time, ahead of Australian Jessica Fox. World No. 5 Ana Sátila did not qualify directly to the semifinal after receiving a 50-second penalty but set the second fastest time of the day to win the second heat.

The Russian Canoe Federation's Alsu Minazova topped the semifinal with a time of 103.55 ahead of Angèle Hug of France. In an upset semifinal on a difficult course, Olympic Champion Fox, European Champion Miren Lazkano, World Cup overall winner Tereza Fišerová and reigning World Champion Andrea Herzog were all eliminated - the first two after incurring 50 second penalties.[2] Fox' penalty meant that she would leave the World Championships without a medal in a canoe slalom event for the first time since 2011 and without making a final for the first time in her entire career.

Elena Apel of Germany backed up her silver medal in K1 by becoming the 2021 C1W World Champion in a time of 99.03, including a 2-second penalty. Olympic silver-medallist Franklin won silver, whilst 2020 European Champion Gabriela Satková took bronze. In a marked difference to the semifinal where just three athletes completed clean runs, only two athletes took penalties, including Apel.[2]

Penalties are included in the time shown. The fastest time in each round is shown in bold.

Rank	Bib	Canoeist	Nation	Heats						Semifinal[10]			Final[11]
				Run 1[12]			Run 2[13]
				Time	Pen.	Order	Time	Pen.	Order	Time	Pen.	Order	Time	Pen.	Order
	11	Elena Apel	Germany	96.44	2	5	-			108.00	4	8	99.03	2	1
	2	Mallory Franklin	Great Britain	93.47	0	2	-			109.19	6	10	99.34	0	2
	26	Gabriela Satková	Czech Republic	98.31	0	10	-			105.25	0	4	102.50	0	3
4	16	Monika Škáchová	Slovakia	103.59	2	24	102.51	2	8	107.09	2	7	103.57	0	4
5	20	Marjorie Delassus	France	100.82	2	15	-			107.08	6	6	103.88	0	5
6	10	Noemie Fox	Australia	98.97	0	13	-			108.99	4	9	104.49	0	6
7	6	Núria Vilarrubla	Spain	95.89	0	4	-			104.84	0	3	104.71	0	7
8	15	Alsu Minazova	RCF	100.74	2	14	-			103.55	2	1	105.67	0	8
9	30	Angèle Hug	France	97.33	0	8	-			104.59	2	2	116.10	6	9
10	22	Alja Kozorog	Slovenia	100.92	0	16	-			106.48	2	5	117.40	0	10
11	8	Mònica Dòria	Andorra	97.27	0	7	-			109.20	4	11	did not advance
12	21	Martina Satková	Czech Republic	103.50	0	23	98.93	0	3	109.73	2	12
13	3	Tereza Fišerová	Czech Republic	96.40	2	12	-			109.74	4	13
14	4	Andrea Herzog	Germany	97.82	2	9	-			109.85	8	14
15	7	Kimberley Woods	Great Britain	92.11	0	1	-			111.70	4	15
16	29	Elena Micozzi	Italy	106.67	2	29	99.49	2	4	113.41	6	16
17	12	Evy Leibfarth	USA	104.13	0	25	102.03	0	6	115.50	0	17
18	39	Zuzana Paňková	Slovakia	101.65	2	18	-			115.89	4	18
19	23	Polina Mukhgaleeva	RCF	102.92	4	22	105.93	4	10	116.31	4	19
20	14	Lucie Prioux	France	98.31	0	10	-			116.46	2	20
21	5	Ana Sátila	Brazil	150.24	50	39	93.31	0	1	116.50	6	21
22	31	Simona Glejteková	Slovakia	105.44	0	26	103.47	0	9	118.71	4	22
23	37	Hannah Thomas	New Zealand	114.25	6	35	102.25	2	7	126.39	4	23
24	19	Bethan Forrow	Great Britain	153.84	52	40	95.40	0	2	129.78	6	24
25	9	Klara Olazabal	Spain	97.13	0	6	-			141.95	6	25
26	1	Jessica Fox	Australia	94.06	0	3	-			149.06	50	26
27	13	Miren Lazkano	Spain	102.29	6	21	101.36	0	5	161.76	52	27
28	25	Aleksandra Stach	Poland	102.14	0	20	-			162.67	56	28
29	17	Viktoriia Us	Ukraine	101.04	2	17	-			163.63	52	29
30	33	Klaudia Zwolińska	Poland	101.66	4	19	-			170.75	54	30
31	38	Omira Estacia Neta	Brazil	111.80	4	34	106.72	0	11	did not advance
32	34	Chiara Sabattini	Italy	165.78	52	41	109.37	4	12
33	42	Katja Bengeri	Croatia	123.71	6	38	109.94	4	13
34	35	Lois Betteridge	Canada	110.09	2	33	110.03	4	14
35	36	Alena Marx	Switzerland	106.29	2	28	113.94	4	15
36	18	Eva Alina Hočevar	Slovenia	109.26	4	32	113.94	4	16
37	28	Viktoriia Dobrotvorska	Ukraine	123.01	2	37	114.54	4	17
38	27	Zulfiia Sabitova	RCF	105.48	2	27	115.72	6	18
39	32	Lea Novak	Slovenia	108.08	2	31	123.07	0	19
40	41	Katarzyna Liber	Poland	122.38	6	36	124.54	2	20
41	40	Chung Yu-Han	Chinese Taipei	185.63	58	42	128.12	4	21
42	24	Marta Bertoncelli	Italy	107.20	0	30	149.20	50	22
43	44	Georgia Morou	Greece	340.42	210	43	314.25	158	23
44	43	Veronika Salaseviciute-Turbinova	Lithuania	353.97	168	44	551.76	358	24