Coldness has spread over France, therefore it was time for the French paddlers to go training in warm, sunny places aiming to prepare the 2015 season. This year, wildwater athletes will race the sprint worlds in Vienna while slalom and sprint paddlers aim to get the Olympic quotas during the World championships in London and Milan.
World Champion and Olympic kayaker Teneale Hatton is gearing up for another record breaking year on the water, with one of the busiest event calendars of any athlete in the sport and the backing of One Giant Leap, the New Zealand based developers of a power meter for kayakers.
Monika Marczak - This season, the female kayakers want to qualify six spots for the Olympics. Coach Tomasz Kryk already has a vision for preparations for participating in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
For Natal Canoe Club sprint star Bridgitte Hartley there was one clear highlight in 2014: "Winning a bronze medal at the World Championships," she said without hesitation. That result confirmed that the 2012 London Olympic Games bronze medallist remains among the world's elite sprinters.
The 22-year-old athlete became affiliated with Steelbud. Thanks to its support, the winner of the last World Cup in Milan (in a double with Tomasz Kaczor) will be even better-able to prepare for the upcoming season, in which he will have the opportunity to qualify a spot for the Olympics.
The female kayakers have been the flagship of Polish kayaking for several years. The team that medalled at the last World Championships had its first major camp in Livigno, Italy last year December.
That’s how it should be in 2019 again: strong performances and a good atmosphere at the race course in Duisburg. The world championships will be allocated in March.
The expanded crew of the Honved Canoe Club is had their 2nd week at the Tata training camp facility. The athletes of Istvan Kiss's are in the middle of the winter preparation and really look forward to their arrival in Sevilla, Spain and get on the water.
The 29-year old sprint canoe athlete Gordan Harbrecht often trains alone. His big goal is to participate in the Olympic summer games in Rio 2016. The Rostock- athlete sees his chances especially in the K4.
With a paddle in his hand there is little Rob McIntyre cannot do. In 2014 he was a member of the senior Wildwater and U23 sprint national teams. Add to that his prowess in a ski kayak, make him one of canoeing’s most rounded and gifted paddlers.