Paddle Europe SUP Championships concludes in Agios Nikolaos with 14km long-distance race

The Paddle Europe SUP Championships concluded in Agios Nikolaos on Sunday, September 20, 2026, with a 14-kilometre long-distance stand-up paddleboarding race that also counted as a stage of the SUP World Cup, according to organizers.

More than 160 athletes from 21 countries took part in the long-distance race, organizers said. Competitors started from Plaka, crossed the Gulf of Mirabello with Spinalonga visible in the distance, and finished at Lake Voulismeni in the centre of Agios Nikolaos.

The long-distance stage followed two days of sprint and technical competition and presented a different set of demands, with endurance, pacing, line selection and downwind tactics playing a decisive role, organizers said. The championships had begun earlier in the week with the sprint races, contested over 100-metre courses, before moving on to the technical and long-distance stages.

The event forms part of a broader programme of sporting competitions held in Agios Nikolaos this year. A fuller breakdown of the long-distance race results was not available in the source material at the time of writing.