Sideris Tasiadis will not contest any more races this canoe slalom season and he will also be without the World Championships in Bratislava at the end of September. “I want to prepare intelligently for a World Cup, to drive a very, very good World Cup and not just take it with me because it’s a World Cup and I’m seeded,” said the 31-year-old bronze medalist of the Olympic Games in a message to his Decision.
The Augsburg resident would not have participated in the two World Cups before the World Cup anyway. He doesn’t want to get on the boat two weeks before the competition after a three-week break. It is not possible then to perform at their best. Tasiadis also said he found it unfair to take a seat away from other athletes who had been training all the time. His focus is now on preparing for the home World Cup in Augsburg in 2022. Tasiadis had won his second Olympic medal with bronze in Tokyo, and the Canadian specialist won silver in 2012 in London.