Slalom canoeist Benjamin Savšek went into the recent Paris 2024 Olympic Games having won gold in the C-1 event at Tokyo 2020 but this summer he failed to get a medal. 

The Slovenian placed eleventh in the Men's Slalom C-1 final on Monday 29 July with a time of 144.93 way behind gold medalist Nicolas Gestin of France who secured gold with a time of 91.36 while second and third places finished in 96.84 and 97.03 respectively.

Savšek's low finish was due to a decision taken by the Chief Judge at the Canoe Slalom Competition in which his 2-second penalty was increased to a 50-second penalty, costing him numerous places in the standings. 

Benjamin Savšek consequently filed an application to the CAS Ad hoc Division hoping to set aside the increased penalty of 50 seconds and reinstate the initial 2-second reduction correcting his final timing to 96.93 seconds which would see him clinch Bronze ahead of Slovak canoeist Matej Beňuš's time of 97.03.

Unfortunately for Savšek, Mr Lars Hilliger sitting as a Sole Arbitrator dismissed his application meaning no changes will be made to the Men's Slalom C-1 final standings at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.