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
Between the 3rd and the 5th of October 2013, 150 of the world’s best whitewater kayakers from 24 different countries meet in Tirol’s longest alpine valley to determine the adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Champion on the legendary “Wellerbrücke” rapids.
The Durban duo of Hank McGregor and Grant van der Walt rewrote the record books at the Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon as they wrapped up a fourth successive K2 title on a day of drama a that saw the leaderboard dramatically shaken up, while women’s overnight leaders Abby Adie and Anna Adamová enjoyed an unchallenged second stage to claim the ladies’ title.
Sportscene was given exclusive access to the pre-published draft of Hendri Coetzee's autobiography; the South African was one of the most-respected explorers and paddlers in African history who navigated, by raft, the source of the Nile to its sea-mouth, Coetzee was sadly presumed dead in 2010 following an attack on his kayak by a crocodile.
The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has announced Oklahoma City as the host for the 2014 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships. The announcement was made yesterday in Copenhagen at the conclusion of the 2013 world event. The audience for the announcement included the Crown Prince of Denmark.
Hungary proved their prowess over the long distance picking up an impressive haul of 15 medals at the 2013 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark that was held from the 20-22nd September.
The Canoe Marathon World Championships kicked off with the Junior and U23 events today at Lake Bagsvaerd in Copenhagen.
Looks like a great few days ahead in Copenhagen as the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships take place. The Masters’ events are already underway.
The Prague 2013 Worlds were a worthy celebration of 100 years of Czech canoeing. The front of Monday’s local Prague papers showed a jubilant Vavřinec Hradilek in the water.
Fancy racing on a tiny city centre stretch of water in Paris, London, Berlin or some other high profile location? Well you should do, according to the German Canoe Federation.
The countdown is on to the 2013 World Rafting Championships with just two months to go before 70 plus teams from more than 30 countries come to New Zealand and the Bay of Plenty to go for gold.
In every sports club, sports federation or Olympic Committee there are challenges to face. Below you can find a list of some of the most common ones.
At the 125th IOC session in Buenos Aires on Saturday night, it was announced that Tokyo would be the home of the 32nd Olympiad in 2020. Germany's Thomas Bach replaces Dr Jacques Rogge as IOC President and wrestling remains in the 2020 and 2024 Games.
We are at the culmination of an exciting year of racing at World Cup and continental championships. The Český svaz kanoistů celebrate 100 years of canoeing heritage (1913 – 2013) by hosting the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships for the third time (Lipno 1967, Troja 2006 & Troja 2013).
A major row has broken out between the International Canoe Federation and the organising committee of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after it proposed relocating the canoe slalom event 700 miles away from the Olympic host city to an existing course at Foz do Iguassu in the far south-west of Brazil.
Soon after INSIDE THE GAMES published the news that Rio 2016 considers moving the canoe slalom venue to a distant venue, the ICF distributed the following press release.
21 year-old Vera Sobetova, one half of the K2 500m crew who won the U23 World Championship earlier this year at Niagara and competed at London 2012 in K2 500m and K4 500m, chats to Sportscene’s Russian correspondent Yuliana.
For the first time ever, a completely paperless real-time scoring system will help determine the winners of the International Canoe Federation’s Freestyle World Championships.
The 2013 Italian Canoe Slalom Championship will enter the history books; not only because it returned to the whitewater stadium in Mezzana, Val di Sole after a 7-year gap but also because the most anticipated titles were won by German-speaking athletes: Victories for Mayr and Horn, Molmenti missed out on the podium.
As the music at the after-event party cranked up to full volume, the verdict of competitors and spectators alike was unanimous - it was a brilliant World Canoe Sprint Championships.
They say theres a spot called the Leslie deep in the Great Smokey Mountains that offers some of the best rides in the World. They say its the deepest, smoothest seem out there and offers some of the longest timed rides. They say its clear water and you can see everything as you go. They say its epic... Its true!
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