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18-03-2014

Wrap 2014 South America Games

The last day of competitions for Sprint Canoe on the 2014 South American Games was marked by rush disputes in all categories. The competition was held in Lake Cuarama, region of Valparaiso, and all of them competing on distances of 200 meters.

15-03-2014

Christine Bain joins Australian sprint team set up

Australian Canoeing today announced the appointment of Christine Bain to the position of AC Canoe Sprint Team Operations Manager based at the AIS National Training Centre on the Gold Coast.

25-02-2014

ICF to drop men’s K2 200m from Olympics

The International Canoe Federation has voted to drop mens K2 (kayak pairs) 200m sprint racing from the Olympic programme to make way for a new women’s canoe event.

24-02-2014

How do we make canoe sport bigger?

GB Canoeing have called in consultants to advise them on how to make sprint canoeing – that’s high kneeling rather than kayaking – a bigger, better sport.

22-02-2014

A Canoeists view on the status of Sprint Canoe in Great Britain

I started sprint canoeing at Fladbury Canoe Club in 2005, at the time, a bustling hub for “High Kneeling” canoeists. Looking back on those days I spent there I can see why: not only did they have Olympians Andrew and Steve Train dedicated to coaching, they also had canoe equipment and a calm stretch of river to train on.

17-02-2014

Sportscene preview 2014 kayak sprint season

The Canoe Sprint world is flying into the 2nd year of the Olympic cycle, and with only a year to go until the first round of Olympic qualifications, 2014 should be a pretty exciting season.

06-02-2014

Interview with canoe sprint athlete Lydia Keefe Sampson

Meet Lydia Keefe Sampson. Lydia grew up in Seattle, Washington surrounded by a brother and mother who paddled, and competed in Sprint Canoe and Kayak.

29-01-2014

Wagner-Augustin vows to keep kayaking

Rivals wondering when they’ll see Germany’s 14-time sprint kayaking world champion and four-time Olympic champion Katrin Wagner-Augustin exit the world stage will have a year or two to wait, it appears.

20-01-2014

Sudan Olympic solidarity course canoe sprint for coaches

The International Canoe Federation (ICF) and the Olympic Solidarity offered their third Sprint Canoe Coach’s course for Levels 1 and 2 this past December.

09-01-2014

Rio Olympic kayakers’ pollution fears

Olympic kayakers who dip their hands into the water in the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio before they start racing at the 2016 Olympic Games run the risk of contracting serious illnesses. And the tradition of some winning rowing crews of chucking their cox in the water after victory is also likely to be curtailed.

05-12-2013

A life outside training IV. Baking bread with Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny

Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny is a member of the Canadian Men’s Canoe Team, originating from Trois-Rivières, Quebec. In 2008, Beauchesne-Sevigny represented Canada at the Beijing Olympics as a one half of the Canadian Men’s C2 crew.