The race for 2021 ICF canoe slalom world cup glory reaches its climax this weekend with double points on offer in Pau and the race for four of the six titles still wide open.

Czech Vit Prindis and Australia’s Jessica Fox both head into this weekend leading in two title races, with Fox hoping to secure both the kayak and canoe titles.

Fox holds a commanding 38 point lead over Germany’s Elena Apel in the K1, but has a much tougher race in her Olympic gold medal event, the C1. Fox has 166 points, thanks to two gold medals this year, but is only six points ahead of Czech Tereza Fiserova, who has picked up a bronze and two silvers in a consistent season.

Prindis holds a five-point lead over Italian Giovanni de Gennaro in the men’s K1, but the big threat may come from Austria’s Felix Oschmautz, who has finished second at the past two events and has 131 points overall.

Prindis shares the lead with another Austrian, Mario Leitner, in the men’s extreme slalom. Both paddlers are on 117 points, with Germany’s former world champion, Stefan Hengst, third on 110 points.

A Slovakian heads the leaderboard in the men’s canoe, but it’s not one of the three powerhouses who have dominated men’s C1 for the past decade. 22-year-old Marko Mirgorodsky has 134 points, despite not winning a medal so far this year, with Great Britain’s David Florence on 132 after winning two silver medals.

2017 ICF extreme slalom world champion Caroline Trompeter holds a commanding lead in the women’s extreme slalom category. The German sits on 140 points, but her nearest two rivals – Russia’s Kseniia Krylova and Austria’s Corinna Kuhnle – will not be contesting the extreme slalom in Pau.

A win this weekend will give an athlete 120 points, silver is worth 110, and bronze 100.

Three of the four gold medalists from the Tokyo Olympics will be in action this weekend, although Germany’s women’s K1 champion Ricarda Funk will only compete in the women’s extreme slalom.

Jessica Fox will be looking to repeat her winning K1 and C1 double from La Seu next weekend, and has also entered the extreme slalom, while men’s C1 gold medalist Benjamin Savsek will look to make amends for a disappointing performance last weekend.

Czech Lukas Rohan will make his first appearance since winning silver in the men’s C1 in Tokyo.

WORLD CUP LEADERBOARD

MEN’S K1

PRINDIS Vit (CZE) 143

DE GENNARO Giovanni (ITA) 138

OSCHMAUTZ Felix (AUT) 131

WOMEN’S K1

FOX Jessica (AUS) 170

APEL Elena (GER) 132

JONES Luuka (NZL) 118

MEN’S C1

MIRGORODSKY Marko (SVK) 134

FLORENCE David (GBR) 132

TRAVE Miquel (ESP) 123

GARGAUD CHANUT Denis (FRA) 123

WOMEN’S C1

FOX Jessica (AUS) 166

FISEROVA Tereza (CZE) 160

FRANKLIN Mallory (GBR) 132

MENS CSLX

PRINDIS Vit (CZE) 117

LEITNER Mario (AUT) 117

HENGST Stefan (GER) 110

WOMEN’S CSLX

TROMPETER Caroline (GER) 140

KRYLOVA Kseniia (RUS) 110

KUHNLE Corinna (AUT) 100