Canoe Slalom World Cup: Britain's Mallory Franklin takes overall extreme slalom title

Franklin won C1 silver at the Tokyo Olympic Games

Britain's Mallory Franklin clinched the overall extreme slalom title at the final Canoe Slalom World Cup event of the season in La Seu, Spain.

The Olympic silver medallist, 28, won the final to move her from seventh to first in the overall standings.

Earlier she finished second overall in the C1 category, having secured silver in the K1 on Saturday.

"It's pretty crazy really, but I'm really happy with how I paddled," Franklin, 28, said.

Franklin had failed to make the C1 final but had done enough to secure the runners-up spot, with Tereza Fiserova of the Czech Republic taking the overall title.

Fiserova also finished second in the extreme slalom.

On Saturday Franklin was ninth in the K1 final but finished behind Australia's Jessica Fox - who beat the Brit to gold in Tokyo last summer.

"It's a bit of an odd one really, in the sense that I obviously didn't have the best weekend's racing this weekend or last weekend," added Franklin.

"It's cool to end up second (in C1) but it's a bit weird feeling as it feels like - as it kind of is - that people's results fell in a good way for me.

"Being able to be up on that podium is a testament to my consistency over the year and the level that I've been putting in, and even when I'm not at my best still being able to maintain a bit.

"I'm really happy with ending up on the podium. It's really cool and I think it says a lot about my consistency this year."