Britta Jung: At the age of 15 as a French champion in canoe slalom!

Britta Jung: At the age of 15 as a French champion in canoe slalom!

Höheischweiler, Deutschland - Britta Jung, the 15-year-old canoeing from Höheischweiler, caused a sensation at the French championships in the canoe slalom! In Paris, on the legendary Olympic route, she experienced a true masterpiece and won two championship titles and two runner -up titles!

The student of the Immanuel-Kant-Gymnasium Pirmasens, which starts for KC Metz in France, showed an impressive performance in her debut in a new competition. The competition started on Monday with the qualification runs in kayak and Canadier-Einer, where Britta prevailed against 40 other starters in both disciplines. "The sophisticated Olympic route in Paris is somehow," said the radiant athlete after her successful qualifying.

a sensational cross-debut!

in the kayak final, which combined the best 15 athletes, Britta took a flawless run and secured the impressive second place. But that wasn't all! In the Canadier one, where the ten best athletes competed, she surprised all with another second place. In the combination rating of the two categories, she crowned herself to the French champion!

The following two days were under the sign of the kayak cross, a new Olympic discipline, in which four starters compete against each other in gripping head-to-head races. Despite her inexperience in the kayak cross, Britta managed to qualify with a combative performance into the final of the top four. There she sprinted away from the competition and secured her first championship title in this exciting new discipline!