Women’s Canoe added to Olympic Canoe Kayak program, bringing gender equity
By Ian Mortimer
Canoe Kayak Canada is pleased to share the news that for the first time in Tokyo 2020, Canoe Kayak Sprint and Slalom will have a gender-balanced Olympic program.
The International Olympic Committee has approved the International Canoe Federation’s...
Sprint athlete Serghei Tarnovschi stripped of his Olympic bronze medal
Update 12 July 2017 - Moldovan canoe sprint athlete Serghei Tarnovschi will officially be stripped of his Olympic bronze medal after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed his appeal against a four-year doping ban.
In a press release 19 August...
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 IOC in its ability to anticipate the current dearth of viable host cities for the...
New Zealand win four medals at canoe sprint world championships as Lisa Carrington stars
STUFF - New Zealand's paddlers have produced the country's greatest medal haul from a canoe sprint world championship, with Lisa Carrington starring.
Carrington won four medals - two gold, a silver and a bronze - as the Kiwi team capped the...
“Tony Estanguet to blame for C2 slalom being eliminated from the Olympic Games”
(Translated) by Ettore Ivaldi - Published on his blog 'Occhio all’onda!'. Ettore Ivaldi coached the Brazilian Team up to and Rio 2016 and is currently one of the Head Coaches of Team Italia.
Rafael Nadal’s tenth victory at the Roland...
Belarus to file compensation lawsuit against ICF
As published by BelTa 31-05-2017
Belarus' National Olympic Committee intends to file a lawsuit against the International Canoe Federation (ICF) demanding the compensation of all the expenses and moral damages over the ban of Belarus' senior men's canoe and kayak teams...
British women sweep gold medals as paracanoe makes Games debut
Great Britain's Jeanette CHIPPINGTON (GBR), Emma WIGGS (GBR) and Anne DICKINS (GBR) picked up all three women's gold medals on offer as paracanoe made a thrilling Paralympic Games debut on Thursday.
CHIPPINGTON's gold in the women's KL1 was her 13th...
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...
Up the creek without a paddle…
By Richard Fox | Sportscene
If you’re planning to attend the canoe sprint world championships in Racice, Czech Republic, in August, make sure to check what events are on the program or you could find yourself up the creek without...
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...
