Excitement is building for the International Canoe Federation Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships in Krakow, Poland. 

Competition will run from June 30 to July 5 with the world’s rising stars in slalom and kayak cross ready to make their mark on the global stage. 

Here is a list of notable facts and figures for the World Championships in Krakow. 

Click here for live startlists and results from Krakow

445 – athletes will take to the Krakow course over the next six days of competition. 

51 – countries will participate at the World Championships. 

23 – paddlers will compete on home waters. 

5 – continents will be represented in Krakow. 

24 – sets of medals will be up for grabs across junior and U23 categories as paddlers bid for world titles. 

17 – is the number of medals won by Czechia to top the medal table at last year’s World Championships. 

14 – years old is the age of the youngest paddler competing in Krakow with Poland’s Konrad Kulczycki born in December 2011.  

2023 – was the last time Krakow staged the ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships. 

9 – athletes will seek to defend individual world titles including Great Britain’s Sam Leaver, Poland’s Hanna Danek, Spain’s Oier Diaz and Anna Simona, Czechia’s Michal Kopecek, Lukas Kratochvil and Marketa Stepankova, Germany’s Mina Blume and New Zealand’s Nicholas Collier. 

Full coverage of the ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships can be viewed on the Planet Canoe YouTube channel.

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