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
ICF Lecturer and Coach, Zakaria Mahmoudi lead a 10-day intensive course in Rabat, Morocco before Christmas last year to enhance its coaches' skillsets, results have been promising.
An action packed weekend on the mighty Umzimkulu River for the 20th edition of the N3TC Drak Challenge kicked off the first event in the ICF Classic Series.
2012 was a year of highs and lows for Peter Kauzer, kayak slalom World Champion from 2009 and 2011. In a sporting way it was a year to forget. This was the first year since 2004 that he didn’t win a medal at the most important races of the season, but most painful of all was undoubtedly the Olympics.
Once again as the New Year rolls in its time to head to warmer climates to train. This years January training destination is the White Nile in Uganda (Africa) one of the most popular freestyle kayaking warm water winter training destinations in the world.
They say the most important meal of the day is breakfast, so why don’t you do yourself a favour and create something fresh, healthy and simple to kick start your day! I have never been the biggest fan of breakfast but after years of hard training I have realised that it is crucial to refuel my body after my mornings training session.
Records are being broken at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) in the pool and Sydney city itself has experienced its equal hottest day on record.
Walking through the stands of the AYOF (Australian Youth Olympic Festival) Sprint Canoe Kayak, it's easy to forget you're in Penrith. You can hear the people talking, laughing and cheering but you can't make sense out of it. Everything is muddled in a mix of languages and cultures.
Four years since winning gold at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival, slalom kayaker Jessica Fox will return to the Festival for its sixth edition in 2013. Only this time she’ll be putting aside the paddle to play an official role.
At the London Olympics, Fox became a household name in Australian sport when 18-year-old Jessica Fox soared to a silver medal in the canoe slalom. Before tasting success in London, Jessica struck gold at the 2009 AYOF and 2010 Youth Olympics, proving the AYOF is a real launching pad for tomorrow’s Olympians.
Néstor Pinta and Martín Mozzicafredo became legends at Río Negro winning their 12th title together (13th in total for each). The final stage was held at Viedma on a circuit of four laps between the city's bridges, with eight portages along the 30 km course, crowded with spectators on a great canoeing day.
Germany won three golds, one silver and two bronze medals in London, making it the star turn along with Hungary. But sports chiefs back home were unimpressed by the failure to pick up a single 200m medal and so, according to reports, has overhauled its 200m coaching team.
A new premium camcorder designed to capture high-quality video of fast-moving action was announced late last year by the JVC Corporation. The new Procision JVC GC-PX100 offers high bit rate progressive recording to deliver high resolution HD images and Full HD slow-motion video.
Only recently, Sportscene talked over the challenges of being an individual extreme athlete and a competitive rafter with Sam Sutton. Slalom Olympian and fellow New Zealander Luuka Jones further expands on this issue many multi-event athletes face.
The 36th Río Negro Regatta began last Saturday in Argentina: 7 stages totalling 277 km. Entries record, with 128 canoes including the great champions of this race, 11-time winners, Argentinians Néstor Pinta and Martin Mozzicafredo.
Nouria Newman: "Other highlights included seeing most of the boys as intimidated as I was at the start of the Gol Gol race, having the-almost-perfect-run on the Puesco race, and seeing everyone happy on the river and super excited when we first ran the Futa all together."
In a gig-venue and shop named The Store near Okere Falls, Rotorua, New Zealand, Sportscene Director Rob has a morning coffee with extreme paddling poster-boy Sam Sutton.
The photos we posted on the Sportscene Facebook page got millions of views but which ones made it to the top 3 in 2012? A few days ago we posted the Top 3 called 'Besides the action'. Today we show you the Top 3 action photos on the Sportscene Facebook page.
The photos we posted on the Sportscene Facebook page got millions of views but which ones made it to the top 3 in 2012? The photos that did best were definitely the non-action depictions of our sport: 'Besides the action'.
Taking time out from his training, Sportscene was lucky enough to catch up with 2011 ICF Paracanoeist of the Year and World Champion two years ago, Patrick Mahoney, as well as having a quick chin-wag with his coach John Griffiths.
Italy’s Olympic gold medallist Josefa Idem has announced her retirement from Canoeing. Idem is the first woman to compete in eight Olympic Games and has won 5 Olympic medals.
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