Funk gives Augsburg crowd plenty to cheer about
By Ross Solly | ICF Media, Kanu Schwaben (for German press release scroll down)
Photography: Birke Oud
Germany’s Ricarda Funk has sizzled down her home course in Augsburg to claim gold in the women’s K1 final at the second ICF Canoe Slalom...
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...
Michal Martikan receives warning about stickers on boat
Michal Martikan on Facebook:
Augsburg,
I have got warning in World cup Krakow about my small stickers “mm2020” (40mm wide) behind the cockpit, that it’s against the rules. 🤔 I removed that after Mrs. Sue Natoli (main referee, ICF) send...
Boost for female participation and ‘youth and urban appeal’ as IOC confirms 15 new...
By Sonja Nikcevic, AIPS Media
The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee announced on Friday that a total of 15 new events would be added to the Olympic program for the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020,...
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...
Tough course brings out the best in the best in Augsburg
By Ross Solly | ICF Media, Kanu Schwaben (for German press release scroll down)
Photography: Birke Oud
Czech Vit Prindis made it two wins in a row, Australia’s Jessica Fox was back to her best, and Germany’s Robert Behling and Thomas...
Jess Fox protests against easier women’s course at World Cup
NICOLE JEFFERY | THE AUSTRALIAN - Olympic canoe slalom medallist Jess Fox has accused her international federation of setting the sport back 40 years by making the women’s C1 course easier than the men’s at the World Cup event...
“Planet Canoe are you serious?”
Vavra Hradilek - Planet Canoe are you serious? Am I at the same World Cup event as this guy who has written this article ? I have not seen any athletes or coaches giving thumbs up to the change...
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...
2018 Canoe Slalom European Champion titles for Ricarda Funk and Ryan Westley
By Nina Jelenc
The 2018 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championships in Prague has finished with individual and team races in the women’s K1 and men’s C1 event. Great Britain celebrated a double win in men’s C1 final with Ryan Westley...
