[2] The event was won by Joe Clarke of Great Britain, 2016 Olympic Champion in K1, securing his fourth medal at World Championship level and first individual gold.

Finn Butcher of New Zealand won silver, his first medal at this level, while Austrian World No.

[3] Stefan Hengst of Germany entered the event as the reigning world champion, a title he won in 2019 in Prague.

On the Friday, all athletes complete a timed run of the course alone and are seeded based on their performance, with those awarded faults ranked last.

The athletes select their positions in the start ramp, with preference given in the order which they were seeded by the time trials.

[9] Faults are incurred for false starts, missing gates or failing to correctly perform a 360-degree roll.

However, the qualifying athletes from Australia and South Africa scratched from the heats, allowing both to progress - Vavřinec Hradilek of the Czech Republic in 11th was then the fastest non-qualifier.

Hengst and De Dionigi also failed to progress, guaranteeing a first-time World Champion in this event.

Joe Clarke won gold to 'resurrect' a disappointing weekend in his favoured K1 event, which saw him eliminated in the heats.