Rio Olympic C2 Champion Ladislav Skantar: “to know our category is not Olympic anymore,...
Writer: Alyce Burnett | Sportscene
After the news that the C2 event will be removed from the Olympic program, the 2016 Olympic Champions from Slovakia spoke to Sportscene about how this decision will affect their sport.
In a bid to make...
Training day, Rainy day, Fun day!
Video edit: Lisa Maenpaa from Finland
This video features the TIP Europe group for 2017. TIP stands for Talent Identification Program.
It's a collaboration with the European Canoe Association (ECA).
There are eight athletes from seven different countries in the TIP group....
Olympics & Gender Equality: Why Focusing on Men “Losing” and Women “Winning” Misses...
By Pam Boteler | President of WomenCAN International
The title of your June 20, 2017 article “Olympic Canoeing Prizes Balance and Adds More Women to Provide it”, by Brian Pinelli, caught my attention and, initially, added to my excitement about...
Kašpar – Šindler, Wolffhardt and Kauzer celebrate 2018 European Champion titles in Prague
Writer: Nina Jelenc
The first medals of the 2018 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships in Prague have been awarded. With much content for the Czech team and fans Jonaš Kašpar and Marek Šindler picker up gold medal in men’s C2...
Michael Smolen (K1M) and Jessica Fox (C1W) winners final day Oceania Open
Writing and Photography: Jamie Troughton | Dscribe Media
New Zealand’s big guns failed to fire on the final day of the Oceania canoe slalom championships in Auckland, though two rising stars managed to salvage home-town pride.
Kiwi Olympians Mike Dawson and...
The Canoe – Film
“If it is love that binds people to places in this nation of rivers and in this river of nations then one enduring expression of that simple truth, is surely the canoe.”
This film captures the human connection and bond...
Race report Italian Championships Slalom, Downriver and Extreme
Writer: Luca Scaramella, Mezzana – Val di Sole, Trentino, Italy
Three days of competitions for the Italian Slalom, Sprint ,Downriver and Extreme Slalom championships.
From Friday 27 to Sunday 29th July, three days of great sport have taken place at the...
Olympic medal winner Thomas Schmidt develops the “intelligent slalom gate”
"Intelligent slalom gates" - A revolution in canoe slalom? Thomas Schmidt, Sydney 2000 Gold medal winner in the K1, has developed an intelligent slalom gate by putting movement sensors in the poles. The challenge is to distinguish between the...
RiverBox – a whitewater dream that can be “made in Marseille”?
Writer: Richard Fox | Sportscene
Rio Olympic champion Denis Gargaud has not moved far from his roots in the Mediterranean city of Marseille, not even while training for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. But before the “Marseillais” confirms plans to...
After 12 years Alexander Slafkovsky European Champion again
By Nina Jelenc | ECA
Alexander Slafkovsky (SVK) showed his mastery in the last event of the 2017 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships in Ljubljana – Tacen, Slovenia. He defended his European Champion title he won last year in Slovakia....
