The Wildwater Canoeing World Cup is an annual series of races in wildwater canoeing held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. It has been held since 1989 in four canoe and kayak disciplines for men and women. The four original disciplines were men's single canoe (C1), men's double canoe (C2), men's kayak (K1) and women's kayak.[1]
Competition format
Each edition has six races to assign the cup in three events, each race has two races.
^Vladi Panato ended the season with 192 points as the winner, but with equal partial successes (2) he was ranked second for the lowest number of second places (2 against 3). Panato had forfeited the sixth and final race in protest, although only one point would have been enough to win his ninth world cup.
^"Weltcup 2004"(PDF). downriver.de. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^"USA WILDWATER HAS SOLID FINISH IN 2004 WORLD CUPS". daveyhearn.com. 5 July 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2020. Eight-time World beater, and perhaps the greatest canoeist ever, Vladi Panato forfeited the race and his shot at winning the World Cups. Vladi just shook his head in disgust and refused to paddle the class ZERO canal.