# 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships – Women's kayak cross

The women's kayak cross event at the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships took place on 24 September 2023 at the Lee Valley White Water Centre in London.

## Competition format

The kayak cross event (formerly known as extreme kayak) is split into two phases - qualification time trials and knockout phase where 4 paddlers race each other head-to-head. Top 20 paddlers from the qualification advance to the knockout phase plus the 12 next fastest paddlers from countries that have not qualified in the top 20. There are 8 heats in the first round of the knockout phase with the top 2 paddlers from each heat advancing to the next round. The same rules apply in quarterfinals and semifinals.
Paddlers start their run by sliding off the starting platform several meters above the water. Then they must navigate the downstream and upstream gates. Unlike in classic slalom, paddlers are allowed to touch the gates and even intentionally move them with their paddle, but not with a free hand. There is also a designated zone where paddlers must perform an Eskimo roll.
Athletes can be penalized in three ways in each round, by receiving a fault (FLT) or by being ranked as lower (RAL). Faults are incurred for false starts, missing gates or failing to correctly perform the Eskimo roll. Athletes are ranked as lower (RAL) if they breach the safety requirements of the competition, such as by holding back another athlete with their hands or paddle, deliberately paddling over another athlete's boat, or by making dangerous contact with another athlete's head or body - all other non-dangerous contact is allowed. In each round athletes are ranked first by the order in which they cross the finish line, with those incurring penalties ranked in the following order: FLT, RAL, DNF, DNS.
The final classification of athletes is determined in the following manner: Athletes eliminated at any phase of the competition will be given their rank based on the comparison of the qualification times of athletes eliminated at the same phase. All 3rd ranked athletes will be ranked above all 4th ranked athletes. The final rank of athletes who did not progress to the heats is determined by their qualification results.

## Schedule

All times listed are UTC+1.
| Date | Time | Round |
| 24 September 2023 |
| 24 September 2023 | 09:00 | Time trials |
| 24 September 2023 | 11:55 | Heats |
| 24 September 2023 | 13:34 | Quarterfinals |
| 24 September 2023 | 14:11 | Semifinals |
| 24 September 2023 | 14:31 | Final |

## Results
### Time trials

Top 20 qualify automatically. The last 12 spots go to fastest paddlers from countries not yet qualified.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 10 | Camille Prigent | France | 78.80 | Q |
| 2 | 19 | Mallory Franklin | Great Britain | 79.83 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Kimberley Woods | Great Britain | 79.85 | Q |
| 4 | 34 | Angèle Hug | France | 80.78 | Q |
| 5 | 13 | Tereza Fišerová | Czech Republic | 80.93 | Q |
| 6 | 28 | Nikita Setchell | Great Britain | 81.40 | Q |
| 7 | 20 | Marjorie Delassus | France | 81.44 | Q |
| 8 | 18 | Stefanie Horn | Italy | 81.53 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Elena Lilik | Germany | 82.13 | Q |
| 10 | 22 | Maialen Chourraut | Spain | 82.38 | Q |
| 11 | 14 | Luuka Jones | New Zealand | 82.51 | Q |
| 12 | 49 | Phoebe Spicer | Great Britain | 82.61 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | Eva Terčelj | Slovenia | 82.87 | Q |
| 14 | 35 | Emma Vuitton | France | 83.07 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | Ricarda Funk | Germany | 83.09 | Q |
| 16 | 21 | Eliška Mintálová | Slovakia | 83.50 | Q |
| 17 | 24 | Zuzana Paňková | Slovakia | 83.71 | Q |
| 18 | 11 | Noemie Fox | Australia | 83.79 | Q |
| 19 | 15 | Martina Wegman | Netherlands | 83.82 | Q |
| 20 | 8 | Mònica Dòria Vilarrubla | Andorra | 84.05 | Q |
| 21 | 23 | Alena Marx | Switzerland | 84.15 | Q |
| 22 | 66 | Jasmin Schornberg | Germany | 84.28 | FR: 33 |
| 23 | 7 | Evy Leibfarth | United States | 84.54 | Q |
| 24 | 39 | Amálie Hilgertová | Czech Republic | 84.58 | FR: 34 |
| 25 | 17 | Miren Lazkano | Spain | 84.59 | FR: 35 |
| 26 | 9 | Viktoriia Us | Ukraine | 85.13 | Q |
| 27 | 16 | Klaudia Zwolińska | Poland | 85.18 | Q |
| 28 | 4 | Ana Sátila | Brazil | 86.14 | Q |
| 29 | 29 | Soňa Stanovská | Slovakia | 86.35 | FR: 36 |
| 30 | 41 | Carole Bouzidi | Algeria | 86.75 | Q |
| 31 | 1 | Jessica Fox | Australia | 86.84 | FR: 37 |
| 32 | 25 | Ajda Novak | Slovenia | 86.92 | FR: 38 |
| 33 | 50 | Florence Maheu | Canada | 87.37 | Q |
| 34 | 31 | Omira Estácia Neta | Brazil | 87.83 | FR: 39 |
| 35 | 32 | Lois Betteridge | Canada | 87.90 | FR: 40 |
| 36 | 48 | Eva Alina Hočevar | Slovenia | 88.22 | FR: 41 |
| 37 | 37 | Tereza Kneblová | Czech Republic | 89.55 | FR: 42 |
| 38 | 55 | Kate Eckhardt | Australia | 89.68 | FR: 43 |
| 39 | 46 | Aleksandra Stach | Poland | 90.29 | FR: 44 |
| 40 | 42 | Viktoria Wolffhardt | Austria | 90.76 | Q |
| 41 | 33 | Hannah Thomas | New Zealand | 90.87 | FR: 45 |
| 42 | 26 | Léa Baldoni | Canada | 91.53 | FR: 46 |
| 43 | 44 | Lena Teunissen | Netherlands | 91.53 | FR: 47 |
| 44 | 56 | Li Lu | China | 97.12 | Q |
| 45 | 40 | Florencia Aguirre Gonzalez | Chile | 97.32 | Q |
| 46 | 63 | Dominika Brzeska | Poland | 97.63 | FR: 48 |
| 47 | 52 | Chiara Sabattini | Italy | 97.88 | FR: 49 |
| 48 | 59 | Wan Shunfang | China | 98.24 | FR: 50 |
| 49 | 38 | Courtney Williams | New Zealand | 99.15 | FR: 51 |
| 50 | 47 | Sofía Reinoso | Mexico | 99.79 | Q |
| 51 | 36 | Klara Olazabal | Spain | 100.65 | FR: 52 |
| 52 | 51 | Iris Sommernes | Norway | 102.99 | Q |
| 53 | 57 | Yekaterina Tarantseva | Kazakhstan | 104.03 | |
| 54 | 54 | Nerea Castiglione | Argentina | 105.96 | |
| 55 | 67 | Sára Tímea Seprenyi | Hungary | 106.01 | |
| 56 | 53 | Marcella Altman | United States | 107.35 | |
| 57 | 68 | Wu Ting-I | Chinese Taipei | 108.72 | |
| 58 | 62 | Blandine Xhemajlji | Kosovo | 115.99 | |
| 59 | 64 | Veronika Šalaševičiūtė-Turbinova | Lithuania | 116.69 | |
| 60 | 58 | Anastassiya Ananyeva | Kazakhstan | 118.76 | |
| 61 | 45 | Laura Pellicer Chica | Andorra | 88.02 | FLT (6) |
| 62 | 27 | Olatz Arregui | Spain | 99.13 | FLT (5) |
| 63 | 61 | Chantal Bronkhorst | South Africa | 137.10 | FLT (4) |
| 64 | 65 | Emilie Armani | Ecuador | 129.92 | FLT (3) |
| 65 | 70 | Anaïs Mouhoub | Algeria | 126.39 | FLT (1) |
| 66 | 30 | Veronika Vojtová | Czech Republic | 83.83 | FLT (S) |
| 67 | 69 | Nidhi . | India | 118.82 | FLT (1, 3, 6) |
| - | 60 | Beatriz Da Motta | Brazil | - | DNS |
| - | 12 | Corinna Kuhnle | Austria | - | DNS |
| - | 43 | Li Tong | China | - | DNS |

### Knockout rounds

Top 2 from each heat, quarterfinal and semifinal advance to the next round.

#### Heats
##### Heat 1

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Camille Prigent | France | Q |
| 2 | 16 | Eliška Mintálová | Slovakia | Q |
| 3 | 17 | Zuzana Paňková | Slovakia | |
| 4 | 32 | Iris Sommernes | Norway | |

##### Heat 2

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Stefanie Horn | Italy | Q |
| 2 | 24 | Klaudia Zwolińska | Poland | Q |
| 3 | 9 | Elena Lilik | Germany | |
| 4 | 25 | Ana Sátila | Brazil | |

##### Heat 3

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 21 | Alena Marx | Switzerland | Q |
| 2 | 28 | Viktoria Wolffhardt | Austria | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Tereza Fišerová | Czech Republic | |
| 4 | 12 | Phoebe Spicer | Great Britain | |

##### Heat 4

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 13 | Eva Terčelj | Slovenia | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Angèle Hug | France | Q |
| 3 | 20 | Mònica Dòria Vilarrubla | Andorra | |
| 4 | 29 | Li Lu | China | FLT (3) |

##### Heat 5

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Kimberley Woods | Great Britain | Q |
| 2 | 14 | Emma Vuitton | France | Q |
| 3 | 19 | Martina Wegman | Netherlands | |
| 4 | 30 | Florencia Aguirre Gonzalez | Chile | |

##### Heat 6

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Nikita Setchell | Great Britain | Q |
| 2 | 27 | Florence Maheu | Canada | Q |
| 3 | 22 | Evy Leibfarth | United States | |
| 4 | 11 | Luuka Jones | New Zealand | FLT (S) |

##### Heat 7

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Marjorie Delassus | France | Q |
| 2 | 10 | Maialen Chourraut | Spain | Q |
| 3 | 26 | Carole Bouzidi | Algeria | |
| 4 | 23 | Viktoriia Us | Ukraine | FLT (6) |

##### Heat 8

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 18 | Noemie Fox | Australia | Q |
| 2 | 15 | Ricarda Funk | Germany | Q |
| 3 | 31 | Sofía Reinoso | Mexico | |
| 4 | 2 | Mallory Franklin | Great Britain | FLT (5) |

#### Quarterfinals
##### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Stefanie Horn | Italy | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Camille Prigent | France | Q |
| 3 | 16 | Eliška Mintálová | Slovakia | |
| 4 | 24 | Klaudia Zwolińska | Poland | FLT (6) |

##### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 13 | Eva Terčelj | Slovenia | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Angèle Hug | France | Q |
| 3 | 28 | Viktoria Wolffhardt | Austria | |
| 4 | 21 | Alena Marx | Switzerland | FLT (6) |

##### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 14 | Emma Vuitton | France | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Kimberley Woods | Great Britain | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Nikita Setchell | Great Britain | |
| 4 | 27 | Florence Maheu | Canada | |

##### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 18 | Noemie Fox | Australia | Q |
| 2 | 10 | Maialen Chourraut | Spain | Q |
| 3 | 15 | Ricarda Funk | Germany | |
| 4 | 7 | Marjorie Delassus | France | |

#### Semifinals
##### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Camille Prigent | France | Q |
| 2 | 13 | Eva Terčelj | Slovenia | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Angèle Hug | France | |
| 4 | 8 | Stefanie Horn | Italy | DNF |

##### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Kimberley Woods | Great Britain | Q |
| 2 | 14 | Emma Vuitton | France | Q |
| 3 | 10 | Maialen Chourraut | Spain | |
| 4 | 18 | Noemie Fox | Australia | |

#### Final

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country |
| | 3 | Kimberley Woods | Great Britain |
| | 1 | Camille Prigent | France |
| | 13 | Eva Terčelj | Slovenia |
| 4 | 14 | Emma Vuitton | France |

### Final ranking (Top 32)

The top 32 ranking determined by the knockout rounds. Bib numbers correspond to seeding after time trials.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Heat rank |
| | 3 | Kimberley Woods | Great Britain | 1 |
| | 1 | Camille Prigent | France | 2 |
| | 13 | Eva Terčelj | Slovenia | 3 |
| 4 | 14 | Emma Vuitton | France | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | Angèle Hug | France | SF1 (3) |
| 6 | 10 | Maialen Chourraut | Spain | SF2 (3) |
| 7 | 8 | Stefanie Horn | Italy | SF1 (4) |
| 8 | 18 | Noemie Fox | Australia | SF2 (4) |
| 9 | 6 | Nikita Setchell | Great Britain | QF3 (3) |
| 10 | 15 | Ricarda Funk | Germany | QF4 (3) |
| 11 | 16 | Eliška Mintálová | Slovakia | QF1 (3) |
| 12 | 28 | Viktoria Wolffhardt | Austria | QF2 (3) |
| 13 | 7 | Marjorie Delassus | France | QF4 (4) |
| 14 | 21 | Alena Marx | Switzerland | QF2 (4) |
| 15 | 24 | Klaudia Zwolińska | Poland | QF1 (4) |
| 16 | 27 | Florence Maheu | Canada | QF3 (4) |
| 17 | 5 | Tereza Fišerová | Czech Republic | H3 (3) |
| 18 | 9 | Elena Lilik | Germany | H2 (3) |
| 19 | 17 | Zuzana Paňková | Slovakia | H1 (3) |
| 20 | 19 | Martina Wegman | Netherlands | H5 (3) |
| 21 | 20 | Mònica Dòria Vilarrubla | Andorra | H4 (3) |
| 22 | 22 | Evy Leibfarth | United States | H6 (3) |
| 23 | 26 | Carole Bouzidi | Algeria | H7 (3) |
| 24 | 31 | Sofía Reinoso | Mexico | H8 (3) |
| 25 | 2 | Mallory Franklin | Great Britain | H8 (4) |
| 26 | 11 | Luuka Jones | New Zealand | H6 (4) |
| 27 | 12 | Phoebe Spicer | Great Britain | H3 (4) |
| 28 | 23 | Viktoriia Us | Ukraine | H7 (4) |
| 29 | 25 | Ana Sátila | Brazil | H2 (4) |
| 30 | 29 | Li Lu | China | H4 (4) |
| 31 | 30 | Florencia Aguirre Gonzalez | Chile | H5 (4) |
| 32 | 32 | Iris Sommernes | Norway | H1 (4) |