2011 Canoe Slalom World Cup Final Day Two
Not only were medals up for grabs for the Prague World Cup but the overall 2011 World Cup series title would be decided including prize money for the first three finishers in each class.
Not only were medals up for grabs for the Prague World Cup but the overall 2011 World Cup series title would be decided including prize money for the first three finishers in each class.
The upcoming 2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague will be the final World Cup of the ICF official season, and it comes one month before the all important Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bratislava next month.
After three days of exciting races, with more than 650 participants from 64 nations in total, the Junior World Championships ended this afternoon with the 500m finals and semi-finals.
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The 1957 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Augsburg, West Germany under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. The Mixed C-2 team event debutted at these championships.
As expected by many, the Hungarian and German juniors accounted for the most direct qualifications for the final with 4 boats each. Romania was also able to present very good results, placing 2 boats directly in the finals, 14 other nations reached the finals directly with one boat each.
Thomas Konietzko, President of the German Canoe Association (DKV), Brandenburg’s lady Mayor Dietlind Tiemann, as well as head of the Brandenburg Organisation Committee, Henry Schiffer yesterday welcomed all 64 nations to the city and the Championships.
ICF President Jose Perurena Lopez today arrived in Brandenburg to officially open the 2011 ICF Junior Canoe Sprint World Championships; this is the President’s first official engagement after being elected IOC Member earlier in the month.
This weekend an estimated 650 athletes from 64 nations around the world will come together at Brandenburg an der Havel on Lake Beetzsee, to compete at the 2011 ICF Junior Canoe Sprint World Championships.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced the election of 3 new IOC members at the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa.
The U.S. Olympic Committee announced basketball player Mercedes Russell (Springfield, Ore.) and freestyle kayaker Dane Jackson (Rock Island, Tenn.) as its June Athletes of the Month, while the men's tennis doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan (Wesley Chapel, Fla.) was awarded Team of the Month honors.
Dragon Boat Communities all over the world are revving up their engines as the 2011 Dragon Boat Club Crew World Championships draws nearer.
The World Cup in L’Argentiere last weekend saw the return of many stars to the World Cup Circuit and many campaigns were revived.
In 2009 the International Canoe Federation (ICF) partnered with the International Va’a Federation (IVF) to launch the Para-Canoe Development Programme in a bid to expand the sport of canoeing to the global community of people with a disability.
Shortly after their final race in Tacen, athletes were already on the road en- route to L’Argentiere, hosts of the next ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup.
A strong crowd came out to support the competitors on the final day of this season's first ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup race in Tacen.
At the conclusion of day two at the Canoe Slalom World Cup in Tacen, it was once again the Slovenians that had much to celebrate.
The International Canoe Federation Freestyle Kayak World Championships is a time to showcase the sport and look toward its future.
The 2011 International Canoe Federation Freestyle Kayak World Championships could be called Dane’s party, for US teen Dane Jackson who not only was the first and only person to ever compete in all four freestyle disciplines but also took top honors in three of the four and one bronze in the other. Highlights from today's finals.
A full day of heats has ended here at the 2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Tacen.