Help get LTU athlete to Canoe Slalom World Championships training camp

Hello! I'm Mantas Atmanavičius, Lithuanian Canoe Slalom athlete. This sport has been my passion for more than 20 years. I am 5 times Lithuanian champion in the discipline of Kayak Slalom and 3 times Canoe Slalom, I earned many different nominations, prizes and awards in both: kayak as well as canoe races too. In 2022 I became Lithuanian Kayak Slalom Cross Champion, and in 2023 I've won a second place medal too. Currently, I'm one of the best Canoe Slalom athletes in Lithuania as well as other Baltic countries. At the moment I'm training for the World Championship, which is taking place in September 19 th - 24 rd. in whitewater canal in London, United Kingdom. During this competition it will be possible to qualify for Paris Olympics as well (in Kayak Slalom and Kayak Cross).

To sum up, in London I'll be participating in both: World Championship (Kayak Slalom category and Kayak Slalom Cross) and qualifying for Olympics (Kayak Slalom abd Kaykak Slalom Cross). I have funding for my participation in these events but lack the funds to be able to travel to the two training camps which will take place in London on September 6-10 th and September 12-18 th. These camps are very important because in Lithuania we have no whitewater rivers or artificial canals.

To be able to go to the training camps is my main goal, however. I also really need a boat for Kayak Slalom Cross because, to be able to compete, I relied on borrowing the boat (all categories require different boats) from participants or organizers. I am really grateful to the people who borrowed me the boat, but because I'm taller than most other athletes, oftentimes the boat is not suited for the best results. I'd really appreciate your help to be able to buy a boat of my size!

The boat costs around 2000 euros, and to be able to go to training camp I need 1500-1700 EUR for accomodation and 800-850 EUR for travel expenses.