J. PRSKAVEC
M. POLACZYK
M. SMOLEN
K. KUDEJOVA
R. FUNK
M. PFEIFER
D. FLORENCE
B. SAVSEK
R. WESTLEY
J. FOX
K. HOSKOVA
N. VILARRUBLA
ANTON/BENZIEN
PICCO/BISO
KLAUSS/PECHE
Monika Marczak - This season, the female kayakers want to qualify six spots for the Olympics. Coach Tomasz Kryk already has a vision for preparations for participating in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
Kierey advances from rank four to rank three due to the doping offence of Yuriy Kikhayev from Ukraine at the previous world championships in Moscow. Initially, the athlete, who had started as titleholder in the LTA division in the K1, came in fourth place on the Krylatskoye race course on the 8th of August 2014.
Sports journalists are failing girls and women worldwide. No, I am not speaking of fellow female reporters here, as some of the readers may think. I will not go on a tirade on sexism, bias and disrespect me and my female colleagues may have faced over the years of their careers.
At the height of the Cold War and in the shadow of an Eastern Bloc boycott, the 1984 Olympic Games took place in Los Angeles, California. USA canoe and kayak athletes had been performing well leading up to the Games and ultimately Greg Barton would win a Bronze in the K1-1000 flatwater event.
Laura O’Donoghue broke her Dusi Canoe Marathon duck as she claimed an emphatic win in the elite women’s race where she dominated from start to finish and finished ahead of Under-18 Cana Peek and Jenna Ward.
24 year-old Andy Birkett further etched his name into the Dusi Canoe Marathon record books on Saturday when he edged out 2013 winner Lance Kime and ‘Dusi Darling’ Sbonelo Khwela in record time on route to clinching a fifth race title.
The 64th edition of the globally renowned three day, 120km long paddling and running adventure from Pietermaritzburg to Durban gets underway on Thursday amidst an atmosphere of remembrance, history and excitement.
2014 was an amazing debut season for Curtis McGrath. He won gold in a record time in the V1 200 TA final at the ICF Paracanoe World Championships in Moscow.
For Natal Canoe Club sprint star Bridgitte Hartley there was one clear highlight in 2014: "Winning a bronze medal at the World Championships," she said without hesitation. That result confirmed that the 2012 London Olympic Games bronze medallist remains among the world's elite sprinters.
The 22-year-old athlete became affiliated with Steelbud. Thanks to its support, the winner of the last World Cup in Milan (in a double with Tomasz Kaczor) will be even better-able to prepare for the upcoming season, in which he will have the opportunity to qualify a spot for the Olympics.
A new dawn has come for the International Olympic Committee (IOC). After IOC President Thomas Bach's unanimously successful Agenda 2020 vote in December 2014, the time for implementation of change has arrived. AIPS President Gianni Merlo spoke to Thomas Bach about where the IOC now stands in terms of implementing new rules, and what some of Agenda 2020's more abstract points mean in reality.
After months of discussions, USA Canoe/Kayak has formed a new partnership with the American Canoe Association (ACA), the oldest and largest paddlesport organization in the United States. As part of the agreement, Wade Blackwood, Executive Director of the ACA, will also take over as CEO of USA Canoe/Kayak.
Join Dawid and Jasper Mocke as they take you on a journey of adventure and exploration during this paddling expedition of the amazing southern coast of Africa. Together you cannot ask for two better coaches, mentors and tour leaders, who love their paddling and cherish their country.
The female kayakers have been the flagship of Polish kayaking for several years. The team that medalled at the last World Championships had its first major camp in Livigno, Italy last year December.
That’s how it should be in 2019 again: strong performances and a good atmosphere at the race course in Duisburg. The world championships will be allocated in March.
A record 14 Australian teams have been selected to compete at the 2015 Oceania Championships. The competition will take place at the Nagambie Regatta Centre, Victoria form April 9 – 11.
The International Paralympic Committee has approved six Paracanoe kayak events for the 2016 Paralympic Games in the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Academy votes are now in, totalled with the public vote from January 18th, we are proud to reveal the three finalists for each of the seven WPA Awards.
The preliminary work for the construction of the 'Dolomiti Water Park', a venue which will serve as a hub for water sports in the region, is underway. At an estimated investment of 15 million euros, this ambitious project will utilise existing structures in what was once an industrial complex.
The expanded crew of the Honved Canoe Club is had their 2nd week at the Tata training camp facility. The athletes of Istvan Kiss's are in the middle of the winter preparation and really look forward to their arrival in Sevilla, Spain and get on the water.
M. DAWSON
C. KUHNLE
M. BENUS
A. PETERS
V. KHUDZENKA
E. MEDVECKZKY
GRIJIC/NOVAKOVIC
L. QIANG
M. DE JONGE
R. POULSEN
A. CHERVOVA
S. TARNOVSCHI
J. MOCKE
E. LEVEMYR
S. RAFAEL
H. TAKAKU
M. GRAZIANI
J. EGAN
N. LJUBEK
MINDE/HAMAR
PINTA/MOZZICAFI
S. LAMMLER
A. BUSLAIEVA
M. WEGMAN
S. REINOSO