He made an impeccable performance in the final run without penalty points.

In his words he was being cautious in the semi-final run as he wanted to give his best at the finals.

The 34 year old from Hrastnik reached the peak of his career so far at the summer Olympics 2016 in Rio with a silver medal.

This is his Second European Championship title and his first win at the site in Prague.

His time was h a time of 91.02 seconds.

Second and third place went to check members Vit Prindiš and Jiri Prskavec.