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
Rising star Kendrick Louis has eclipsed surf great Shannon Eckstein in a sprint battle up the beach to claim round two honours in the Nutri-Grain ironman series at Smiths Beach, Western Australia, this afternoon.
Competitors of the Canoe Federation of Slovenia had another excellent season in which they collected numerous medals at the most important competitions. They were successful in all disciplines and age categories.
Latest research into the effect sex has on sports performance suggests that as long as the interaction occurs 10 to 12 hours before the athlete takes to the field, it makes little to no difference to the athlete’s output.
Two years ago, December 2011, www.sportscene.tv was launched. 2012 was a better year because of the Olympic Games but statistics are given for calendar year 2013 since these are more representative.
Freestyle in South Africa is rather small but over the last 3-4 years has started growing again nicely and we are seeing more and more paddlers at the various events.
Jenna Marks is a 23-year old canoeist and artist from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. She paddles for the Banook Canoe Club on Lake Banook and has won multiple gold medals in canoeing representing her club, her province and her country. Jenna recently graduated from NSCAD in Halifax, Nova Scotia majoring in filmmaking.
Former paddlers, kayaker Milan Zadel and canoeist Andrej Jelenc, were accepted to the Slovenian Sporting Hall of Fame. Zadel and Jelenc are the first paddlers of Canoe Federation of Slovenia to be honoured.
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.
South African canoeing received a major boost with the announcement by the International Canoe Federation that the World Canoe Marathon Championships will be hosted by the Natal Canoe Club (NCC) at Camps Drift in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa in 2017.
The spectacular Down River climax to the World Rafting Championships in Rotorua today (Sunday) saw Brazil confirmed as the best men's rafting crew in the world, but local river expertise saw New Zealand crews excel to lock out the overall gold medals in the Women's Open and Men's and Women's Masters categories.
Outside of training Germany's Fabian Dörfler is not only a trojan name in canoe slalom, he is an avid racing driver progressing quickly through the ranks.
Following a thorough recruitment process GB Canoeing has appointed Canadian Rob Sleeth as Men’s Sprint 1000m coach. Sleeth, who begins his new role later this week, comes from a highly successful 21 year coaching and senior leadership role with Canada’s National Sprint Canoe Team.
The world’s greatest exponents of white water rafting have been fine tuning their skills this week in and around Rotorua ahead of the elite and masters World White Water Rafting Championships which blast off tomorrow (Thursday) at Okere Falls near Rotorua.
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In contrast, high level female athletes continue to be significantly restricted in their access to canoeing events in the Olympic Games relative to men and will have to wait another seven years to see any change.
The first overall winners of the 2013 World Rafting Championships have been decided with the victors in the Under-23 and Under-19 men's and women's classes being decided after an epic 45 minute down river race along the Rangitaiki River this morning.
At the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Board of Directors meeting in Lima, Peru, motions were carried to support the inclusion of C1 Women Canoe Slalom and C1 Women 200m Canoe Sprint at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and to guarantee complete gender equity across both Olympic disciplines (Sprint and Slalom) by the 2024 Olympic Games.
It was a good day on the white water for Kiwi crews at the 2013 IRF White Water World Rafting Championships, which kicked off today on the Tarawera River at Kawerau with the Sprint and Head to Head legs for both the Under-23 and Under-19 classes.
A great show was held last Saturday at the International Marathon of Ardeche, in the French region of Rhône-Alpes. Following cancellation in 2012 due to flood conditions, this year it was held on a medium to low water level, perfect for a great marathon.
Working primarily with dancers, Schatz has been particularly attracted to form shaped by function. Now, in Athlete, he reaches the zenith of his photographic paean to the human body, creating an astonishing record of the specialised forms both adapted to the wide spectrum of sport and shaped by fiercely focused effort.
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