Why are some sprint athletes perceived as the world’s greatest technicians?
Writer: Rob van Bommel | Sportscene
A week ago I came across a video with Knut Holmann (Norway) racing at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. The person who posted the video on YouTube classified Holmann as "technically the best...
2017 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Racice a wide-open affair
ICF Media - Three Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallists will be among athletes from more than 60 countries who will be competing in next week’s ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Racice, Czech Republic.
Many countries are using the first World...
Canadian sprint paddlers open fresh quadrennial with first day of Sprint Team Trials
By Ian Miller | Canoe Kayak Canada
MONTRÉAL, QC (May 13, 2017) – Sprint paddlers opened a new quadrennial of competition today at the Olympic Basin in Montreal, QC. Athletes competed for selection to National Teams including the contingent to represent...
“International Canoe Federation ban on Belarus thrown out by CAS”
A one-year ban imposed on the Belarus men's team by the International Canoe Federation (ICF) has yesterday been overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), reports Inside the Games.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport says the Belarus...
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...
Thoughts on the Nelo Cinco design: or why is the nose upside down?
Written by: Gentoo Sports
It’s been around for a few months now but the Nelo Cinco is still getting comments about its strange looks so we thought we should have a dig in to the ideas behind the changes.
It’s been around...
Invitation 2018 Crews Cup & 100 meter Supersprint in Moscow
INVITATION
We invite you to be part of the international canoe sprint competition "Ageev brothers Cup and Olympic Champions Postrigay and Dyachenko".
In 2017 we organised this event for the first time in Moscow where more than 600 athletes from all...
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...
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...
Widespread changes proposed for the 2020 Olympic games canoe/kayak program
Written by Gentoo Sports
The International Canoe Federation (ICF) have approved a race program with some striking changes for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. These changes still need to be ratified by the International Olympic Association (IOC) but it is hard...
