He went through the semifinals with a complete overview, despite the omitted conclusion and a two-second penalty, he was the first, so he was the last of the ten riders on the final track.
Although Prskavec does not like the last position, he managed the pitfalls of the water canal with an excellent and icy calm face. In the second half, he was already leading by more than four seconds. The experienced matador kept the lead and finished for gold. The medal was also won by the Slovak Grigar, who will take the silver from Tokyo.
Water slalom medalists K1:
1. Jiří Prskavec – 91.63 (Czech Republic)
2. Jakub Grigar – 94.85 (Slovakia)
3. Hannes Aigner – 97.11 (Germany)
During his second participation in the Olympic Games, Jiří Prskavec thus fulfilled his dream of gold, which he added to the bronze plaque from the Rio 2016 Games.
Overall, this is the fifth medal of the Czech team at this year’s games. Jiří Lipták also won gold in sport shooting, the shooter David Kostelecký and the canoeist Lukáš Rohan are responsible for the silver. The bronze was won by the swordsman Alexander Chloupenitch.
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