Olympic hopeful Franklin to get competitive season underway in Slovenia
Great Britain’s Canoe Slalom hopefuls for Paris 2024 are set to get their competitive season underway at the European Championships in Slovenia next month.
They include Windsor’s Mallory Franklin, one of four athletes to have already booked their spots in the team for the Olympics in Paris.
The canoe slalom world champion claimed silver in the first-ever Women’s C1 race at Tokyo in 2021 but is eager to go one better in Paris this
July. She had to have a titanium pin fitted after snapping the top of her knuckle in training last year.
But a tricky 2023 ended on a high when she was named among the first Team GB athletes to have earned her place in the Olympic team.
Mallory claimed her second career World title in C1 as she powered to gold at the World Championships at Lee Valley, as well a further six medals across the season in both her C1 and K1, rounding off her campaign with C1 bronze in Paris.
In addition to the C1, the 29-year-old will also compete in the fast and furious kayak cross event, which makes its Olympic debut.
Teammates Adam Burgess, Joe Clarke and Kimberley Woods have also booked their spots and there is space for one more on the men’s Kayak cross team.
As the anticipation builds for Paris this summer, the whole team will be making their final preparations at the Lee Valley White Water Centre next week before heading to Tacen, Ljubljana, Slovenia for the European Championships from May 15-19.