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
After a 4-year retirement break from a 10-year freestyle kayak career, Polly Green (NZ) decides to return to elite competition in 2010 to become the next World Champion; she has 1 year to get back to form before the 2011 World Freestyle Championship.
The ladies opened the day with K4 500m and a line-up that had an Olympic theme: reigning champion Hungarian quartet (Gabriella Szabo, Danuta Kozak, Katalin Kovacs, Krisztina Fazekas Zur) faced the Polish engine composed of Magdalena Krukowska / Karolina Naja / Beata Mikolajczyk / Edyta Dzieniszewska.
Laszlo Toth is nominated as coach of Canada's women’s kayak team. Toth comes from the paddling powerhouse of Hungary and has coached some of the country’s top paddlers, including 2004 Olympic Champion Botond Storcz.
John Gregory becomes Sportscene's slalom guru; his 25 years of canoeing experience means new high-ropes for our coverage.
Day two of the 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup in Szeged, Hungary. Hungarians show the World all their talent in front of the proudest crowd ever. Germany lead the resistance.
This weekend the best Czech slalom paddlers will race on the River Trnavka, Zeliv, for qualification points for the World Championships in Prague and for the first time this year.
First day of the 2013 Canoe Sprint World Cup in Szeged, Hungary. While some Hungarians seem to be thinking about their national selections in two weeks, power players from Germany and Russia proved to be as competitive as ever.
Whitewater meets sprint this weekend at the European Downriver Championships on the Soča River. This year is special for Slovenians – an event has not taken place here for over two decades!
Ros Lawrence is going to Sickline 2013! Only just two days ago did she reach the $4000 required for this year's extreme competition in Austria.
Ready. Set. Go! Beginning this Friday, May 10th, hundreds of athletes from over 50 nations, including many who competed in last years summer Olympic Games, will be competing on the Maty-ér regatta course in Szeged, Hungary which is the first stop on 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup series.
Put simply, trying canoe slalom could benefit many recreational paddlers today to sharpen their skills. However, while the Olympics has elevated top tier canoe slalom competition, has this made the idea of this discipline more inaccessible to the average recreation paddler?
German-born Olympic canoe star Josefa Idem, who retired after the London Olympic Games, has been appointed to the Italian Cabinet as Minister for Sport and Equality. The five-time Olympic medalist went to eight separate Olympic Games and is arguably one of the most successful female kayakers ever.
18 year old Jessica Fox has demonstrated her determination to prove doubters that her silver medal London accolade was no fluke, with a dominant display of whitewater paddling at the 2013 Copa Pyrenees Cup over the past week and a half.
The world media storm looms in September as the 2020 Olympic host city selection fast-approaches. It's a question on the tip of everyone's tongue, “who's it going to be: Istanbul, Madrid or Tokyo?' The question ought rather be “which city will do more for the greater good of sport, and more interestingly for us, which will do more for the interests of canoe sport?”
Disappointed by federal politics, henceforth the Pau kayakist has decided to race for the United States where he will set up with his family next May. He aims for the 2016 Olympic Games.
In this 20-minute documentary Sportscene Director Rob schmoozes over the growing popularity of kayak-trick disciplines with World Freestyle and Squirt Champion, GB's Claire O'Hara.
Usually these are small scale competitions for young paddlers, but this year it was different because this competition was also a celebration of the opening of the renovated "Dampeļi" rowing centre. The site has 82 years of history and many champions were raised here.
After a thrilling last competition day at the second national qualification for German canoe slalom, the German Canoe Federation team has been announced for the European Championships at the beginning of June in Krakow.
Olympic kayaker Stephen Bird has made a plea for thieves to return his custom-made boat stolen from a Doubleview home (Perth, Western Australia) last week. Bird discovered the K1 kayak missing from the roof of his car as he prepared to leave his sister’s home for a morning paddle.
Down to the wire, wraps up many of the sentiments at Lee Valley for the final race of the 2013 Great Britain team selection trials for seniors and U23.
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