Race report and results 2018 Liffey Descent Ireland
Writers: Lindie Naughton and Ann-Marie Creaven
On a day when low water caused carnage, British pair Nicky Cresser and Tom Lusty were the winners of the K2 class at the 59th Liffey Descent canoe marathon yesterday.
Ireland was well-represented on the...
Brits triumph at GoPro King of the Alps competition
British Canoeing - Saturday 10th June saw over 150 athletes from 18 different nations joined together to compete in the 6th edition of the GoPro King of the Alps. The Passier Valley in South Tirol, Italy hosted yet again an...
De Gennaro plots Italian job at Slalom World Cup in Ivrea
ICF MEDIA - The last time the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup came to Ivrea in northern Italy it was just before the Rio Olympics, and local paddler Giovanni De Gennaro stole the show and confirmed he was the...
Visualisation, a crucial skill to aid success
Elite athletes embrace this skill as a crucial aspect of their preparation for important events. Having done all the groundwork – be it physical preparation or training - is simply not enough unless you have also developed the skill...
How 5 Kayakers Were Taken Hostage in Colombia by FARC Rebels
Last November, when the Colombian government struck a long-awaited peace accord with the rebel group FARC, which has occupied the country’s jungles for decades, Ben Stookesberry began planning a kayaking trip to the embattled country. He and four fellow...
Six years on, Markkleeberg returns to Canoe Slalom World Cup circuit
ICF Media - The athletes are ready, organisers are ready, but everyone has one eye on the sky as Friday’s opening day of the third ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Markkleeberg, Germany, fast approaches.
Not that the forecast of...
Jenny Egan was in a canoe before she was born
Jenny Egan's Mother jokes that she’s been afloat in a canoe since before she was born.
It’s that sort of family. The water was never far away and the woman who first picked up a paddle to race competitively at the...
No doubts for Florence as he sets sights on Tokyo
TEAM GB - Three Olympic silver medals would be job done for most people. But David Florence isn’t most people.
For him, it’s a case of unfinished business, and gold at Tokyo 2020 is in his sights - but it all...
Woman Pleads Guilty in Fiancé’s Kayak Death on Hudson River
The New York Times - A woman accused of killing her fiancé by tampering with his kayak and then leaving him to drown in the cold and choppy waters of the Hudson River pleaded guilty on Monday to a reduced...
Hajo Seppelt hits hard at ‘superficial’ journalism, reveals receiving life threats from Russia
By Rayane Moussallem, AIPS Media
SEOUL, May 13, 2017 - He is not the kind of journalist you meet every day. He does not seem to like how sports journalists work nowadays. Covering sports events and competitions are not part...
OPINION
A new bidding strategy for the Olympic Games
By Hein Verbruggen | Dutch honorary member IOC
In my previous blog, I said that the lack of a long-term strategy and vision has blinkered the...
