Prindis won last weekend’s season opener in Prague and was one of the few paddlers to master the Augsburg Eiskanal course in the men’s K1 today.

He finished ahead of Germany’s Hannes Aigner and fellow Czech Jiri Prskavec, who took third.

Prindis posted a time of 1 min 37.40sec, just 0.24sec head of Aigner with Prskavec 0.53 behind in third.

“I’m always happy that I am in the final, but I didn’t expect that I would win the first two World Cups,” Prindis said.

“I think that I have a good feeling from the water, I’ve got a good feeling from the paddling, and I hope I can do the same next week in Leipzig.”

Australia’s Jessica Fox , a triple world champion in the C1, bounced back from a disappointing weekend in Prague to easily win today’s final.

After failing to make it through to the final last week, she finished more than 10sec ahead of Great Britain’s Mallory Franklin, with Germany’s Lena Stoecklin taking third.

Fox was one of only two athletes to post a clean run in the final, helping her to a time of 1:56.86.

Franklin's time of 2:07.07 secured silver, with Stoecklin in third on 2:13.88.

“Last week was a bit disappointing, but I came her really motivated and pumped,” Fox said.

“My semi-final wasn’t perfect, but the final went to plan.

“I had a lot of energy and attacked it everywhere.”

Action in Augsburg concludes tomorrow with the men’s C1 and women’s K1 events.