Two years after the Azores, Europe’s best ocean paddlers return to battle this time on the Finistere coast in France for the continental crowns. The 2024 championships saw France’s Hector Henot claim his first European Open title, while Spain’s Judit Vergès Xifra secured her third. European titles will also be awarded across Junior, U23 and Masters 40, 50 and 60 divisions. Who will take the honours in Brest?
Watch the two headline races live: SS1 on Thursday, August 27 at 12:30pm, and SS2 on Saturday, August 29 at 12:30pm local time. The livestreams begin at 12:15pm on the Paddle Europe YouTube channel with embedded livestream players below. Podium results will appear below as soon as they are available.
Local athlete Floriane Broustal and TotalPaddler founder Mathieu Astier will provide French commentary for the Youtube livestream as well as a television coverage, which will be broadcast next week on the Sport En France TV channel.
The full production includes drones, land and boat cameras, plus GPS tracking. Embedded livestream players and podium results will appear below as soon as they are available.
Join us live and discover the next European Champions!
1. Rosie Edwards – GBR (U23)
2. Judit Vergès – ESP (Senior)
3. Chloe Bunnett – ESP (Senior)
1. Bernardo Pereira POR (U23)
2. Pierre Vilella – FRA (Senior)
3. Walter Bouzan – ESP (Senior)
1. Rosie Edwards – GBR
2. Lara Cellier – ESP
3. Sara Mengual Francisco – ESP
1. Bernardo Pereira – POR
2. Marin Lanée – FRA
3. Josep Cifre Pascual – ESP
1. Constança Frazão – POR
2. Andrea Colmard Jiménez – ESP
3. Katie Luen-Twining – GBR
1. Leonardo Candela – ITA
2. Pedro Moreira – POR
3. Martim Rodrigues – POR
1. Louka Brard – FRA
2. Hector Jessel – GBR
3. Eliott Bry – FRA
1. Sylvie Marin – FRA
Full results on :
https://my.raceresult.com/415847/
Full results:
https://my.raceresult.com/415847/results
Official Website
https://oceaneuro2026.com/
European Canoe Federation / Paddle Europe
https://paddle-europe.eu/
Main sponsor:
https://www.vaikobi.com/
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