Canoeing: Nicolas Gestin, From Olympic Gold to the World Summit
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RECIT - Olympic champion in Paris, the Frenchman won his first world title on Thursday in Sydney, walking in the footsteps of Tony Estanguet.
A true Olympic champion at the Paris Games, the 25-year-old Frenchman won the world title on Thursday in Penrith, Australia.
Nicolas Gestin, in Penrith, Australia, September 30, 2025. SAEED KHAN / AFP One year after the Olympic gold in the Vaires-sur-Marne basin (Seine-et-Marne), Nicolas Gestin won the title of world champion of canoeing slalom, Thursday, October 2, in Penrith, Australia, near Sydney. After dominating the semi-final, the 25-year-old Breton delivered a technically impeccable race in 1 min 37 sec 13 to win the gold in front of the British Ryan Westley (…
At 25, and one year after his title at the Olympic Games in Paris 2024, Finisterian Nicolas Gestin has just won his first individual world title in slalom canoeing, early this Thursday morning, in Australia.
Penrith (Australia) - Canoeist Martina Satková was fifth at the World Water Slalom Championships, her sister Gabriela took seventh place. The Czech men did not reach the final of the C1 category in Penrith, Australia. The winners were Klaudia Zwoliňská of Poland and Nicolas Gestin of France. Today's championship program was accelerated by the organizers by two hours due to the wind, which was expected to increase.
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