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
Karate, aikido, squash - they are just some of the sports which are not in the Olympic family at the moment. But they belong to the International World Games Association (IWGA), which will elect a new president during the SportAccord Convention in Antalya.
Organiser and retired twice European Champion Edwin de Nijs provides an insight into what we can expect at this year's distance paddle in Amsterdam as well as a glimpse into his own paddling hay-days.
In the first quarter of 2014 the Sportscene website (www.sportscene.tv) was visited 211,694 times with 0.6 million pages being watched or read. Below a table split by month.
The International Canoe Federation (ICF) Board of Directors Meeting was held in Lausanne, Switzerland from the 29-30 March.
World class Czech professional paddlers Jakub Adam and Anna Adamova arrived in South Africa six months ago, ready to tackle the Fish River Canoe Marathon. After transitioning impressively to river paddling, they returned to home this past week having put together some fine results, highlighted by podium finishes in the Dusi Canoe Marathon.
It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
Part 2 of our 'Legends' series, Sportscene's Nick interviews Richard Fox; Performance Director for Australian Canoeing and 10-time kayak slalom World Champion for Britain.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently announced Lisa Carrington (NZL), the Canoe Sprint K1 200m Olympic Champion and multiple World Champion, as one of the of 37 Athlete Role Models (ARMs) who will attend the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games from 16 to 28 August in Nanjing, China.
On Friday 28th of February a large swarm of paddlers once again descended on the small town of Murchison, located on the banks of the Buller River in the central upper South Island, ready for New Zealand’s largest kayaking festival – Bullerfest to kick off.
The last day of competitions for Sprint Canoe on the 2014 South American Games was marked by rush disputes in all categories. The competition was held in Lake Cuarama, region of Valparaiso, and all of them competing on distances of 200 meters.
Dean Gardiner has been one of Australia’s most successful ocean paddlers for over two decades. He is regarded as one of the best downwind paddlers by his peers around the World, with his reputation backed up by outstanding results.
Ashley Nee, 25 years old, began paddling slalom at the age of 10 with Valley Mill Camp. Ashley is a repeat member of the United States Junior and Senior slalom teams. Located in Bethesda, MD, Ashley lives with her dog Nepa, cat Farley, and her fiancé Ashley McEwan.
Andy Birkett teamed up with Sbonelo Zondi to claim his fourth Dusi Canoe Marathon title in February. Now he is turning his attention to flat-water marathon racing, a discipline in which he was crowned under-23 world champion in 2013.
Australian Canoeing today announced the appointment of Christine Bain to the position of AC Canoe Sprint Team Operations Manager based at the AIS National Training Centre on the Gold Coast.
Inside the Games, one of the top online publications covering the Olympic Movement, has questioned the financial sustainability of canoe slalom in the Olympic programme.
Ashley Nee, 25 years old, began paddling slalom at the age of 10 with Valley Mill Camp. Ashley is repeat member of the United States Junior and Senior slalom teams. Located in Bethesda, MD, Ashley lives with her dog Nepa, cat Farley, and her fiancé Ashley McEwan.
One legend interviews the other legend. Clint Robinson interviews canoe sprint (and ocean racing) legend Greg Barton.
It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
Of Great Britain’s seven Olympic canoe slalom medals four have been from Scottish athletes. OK; albeit, with help from England’s Etienne Stott & Richard Hounslow! Indeed, at the Beijing Olympics all three Team GB canoe slalom athletes were from Scotland.
“What if?” is the question posed by Natalia Vodianova in #Neverstop, the inspirational film directed by the French filmmaker and artist Bruno Aveillan, released today to raise awareness for the athletes competing at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games. The short imagines a heavily pregnant Vodianova running through an empty hangar with a prosthetic leg, her goal to challenge peoples’ preconceptions of disability.
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