Senior Weekend Highlights | Round 4 – Slovakia 🇸🇰 | 2025 Champions of the Future Academy Program | Chiara Battig

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OK-N Senior: Galan responds to Silkunas

The Qualifying Heats provided some exciting moments. After Markas Silkunas secured pole position on Saturday ahead of Vanesa Silkunaite, the brother and sister from Lithuania found themselves on the front row in both heats. The next day, two women took their place at the front of the pack, with Ella Hakkinen (MON) ahead of Chiara Battig (SUI).

In Final 1, Silkunas held on to his lead from start to finish. However, he had to keep an eye on Kacper Rajpold (POL), who never took his eyes off the leader after winning a heat in the morning. Chiara Battig quickly settled into 3rd place and did not allow the brother-sister duo to finish on the podium, with Vanesa Silkunaite coming in 4th. Radek Vavra (CZE) achieved his best result of the season by finishing 5th ahead of Signe Pejs Ornboll (DEN).

On Sunday, Ella Hakkinen won both heats against Oskar Galan (POL), but she was unable to do anything against her main rival in the Final. Galan took the lead in the race on the second lap, before securing a comfortable enough lead to remain unchallenged. Hakkinen took 2nd place on the podium despite Rajpold’s efforts. Forced to retire in one heat, Markas Silkunas made a rapid comeback from 12th to 4th place with the fastest lap of the race. The Lithuanian notably overtook Chiara Battig, Wojciech Woda and Vanesa Silkunaite in the closing laps. Silkunas remains a solid leader in the overall standings ahead of Battig, now 2nd ahead of Woda.

Overall standings after Slovakia Ring
1 Markas Silkunas (LTU) 489 pts
2 Chiara Battig (SUI) 368 pts
3 Wojciech Woda (POL) 353 pts
4 Ella Hakkinen (MON) 267 pts
5 Klara Kowalczyk (POL) 244 pts
6 Oskar Galan (POL) 211 pts
7 Marlon Bayer (SUI) 206 pts
8 Guido Bruno Bidoli (NAM) 147 pts
9 Signe Pejs Ornboll (NOR) 147 pts
10 Martim Barros Meneses (POR) 139 pts
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