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...
IOC earmarks Paris and LA to host 2024 and 2028 summer Olympics
By Julie Vincent | Sportscene
The International Olympic Committee has officially recommended that its members award both the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games when the organization votes in the fall, IOC president Thomas Bach said in Switzerland on Friday.
Paris and Los...
Olympic medallists head field at 2017 ICF U23 and Junior World Championships
ICF Media - Olympic medallists Emma Jorgensen and Isaquias Santos head a list of more than 900 athletes from 62 countries in Romania this week to contest the 2017 ICF Canoe Sprint U23 and Junior World Championships.
Jorgensen, a K1...
Sancti Spiritus’s Serguei Torres to Compete in Canoe Sprint World Cup
The Cuban athletes will compete in the men’s C-2 1000 meters, event in which they ranked sixth in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games
Two of the best Cuban canoeists, Serguei Torres and Fernando Dayan Jorge, will attend the...
British Canoeing appoint Rene Olsen as senior technical coach for Olympic sprint programme
By Sportsbeat
British Canoeing is pleased to announce the appointment of Rene Olsen as the new senior technical lead coach for the Olympic canoe sprint programme.
The former sprint and marathon canoeist, who represented Denmark in the sport, has plied his...
Mistake with results: Russia and the Czech Republic booted out of Olympic Finals
The Russian rift with the International Canoe Federation (ICF) widened after officials bungled results on day 3 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Canoe Sprint.
Following the completion of the semi finals the results showed Russian athlete Elena Aniushina (pictured...
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...
Jenny Egan wins K1 5,000m gold in Portugal
Published by The Irish Times
Jenny Egan won gold in the K1 5,000 metres at the canoe sprint World Cup in Portugal. The 30-year-old Ireland paddler came out on top in a long battle with Estefania Fernandez of Spain. Lizzie...
Belgrade welcomes Europe’s best young canoe sprint athletes
By Nina Jelenc | ECA
The organisers of the 2017 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint Championships are ready for the first Canoe Sprint European Championships in the season 2017. Belgrade, Serbia, will welcome Europe’s best young canoe sprint athletes...
Yuri Cheban wins Olympic Gold for Ukraine
Yuri Cheban of Ukraine retained his men's 200m canoe sprint title in Rio and set a new Olympic record.
A mix-up in qualification rules meant London 2012 champion Cheban initially missed out on a place in Thursday's final before being...































