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Interview with sprint star Lisa Carrington

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We caught up for a chat with Lisa Carrington a week before the 2015 World Canoe Sprint Championships. She was spending her final training camp along with the rest of the New Zealand team in Training in Paradise – paddling on lakes Bled and Bohinj (Slovenia).
“Whatever race we do, we want to win it!”

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“Whatever race Henrik Vasbanyai and I do the only option for us is victory”, said Robert Mike Canoe paddler very determined.
Katalin Kovacs - “No body forces me with a gun to paddle”

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Hungary’s most successful athlete Katalin Kovacs has given birth nine months ago. She's in training camp in Abu Dhabi collecting kilometers at the moment. She's preparing for the World Championships and at the same time she's also planning ahead for the Rio Olympics.
Spain’s most successful Olympian David Cal says goodbye

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After three intense days of rumors and give and takes, an emotional David Cal officially announced his retirement from professional sport. From the town hall of his home village Cangas de Morrazo, the Galician canoeist commented in a press conference that he didn’t feel "comfortable" lately, "lost motivation" and the desire to continue competing.
The comeback of marathon athlete Laura O’Donoghue

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Seldom does a top athlete take a multi-year break from a sport and return to it with the same success. Sometimes, though, there are exceptions, and in very rare cases those athletes come back even better than before. Such was the case with 2015 Dusi Canoe Marathon women's champion Laura O'Donoghue.
Teneale Hatton Takes One Giant Leap Toward Olympic Dream

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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.
Bridgitte Hartley gearing up for Olympic qualification ahead of Rio 2016

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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.
Sprint athlete Vincent Słomiński has ambitious plans for the new season!

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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.
Gordan Harbrecht - On the way to Rio as lone fighter

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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.
Rest In Peace - paracanoeist David “Rolfie” Rolfe

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David was a 2000 Paralympic Games bronze medallist in swimming but it was canoeing that was his passion a decade on from his triumph at the Sydney Games.
Marathon Champ Renata Csay pushes back ‘the moment of goodbye’

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Renata Csay has achieved the 15th World Champion title of her sports career in Oklahoma. As the most successful female marathon kayak paddler of the town Győr, she's an icon in the town and a real role model in the international field.
Former paracanoeist Christine Selinger celebrates 8 year ‘wheelieversary’

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Christine is Canada's double V1W World Champion (2010 – LTA/TA/A combined, 2011 – LTA) who won a further 3 silvers and 3 bronze at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships from 2009 to 2012.
How to get sponsors - a practical example

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Successful sponsorships are not measured by the dollar amount they provide but by the value they create.
Alana Nichols targets Paralympic gold in third sport (paracanoeing)

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Alana Nichols, who has won gold medals at the summer and winter Paralympic Games, is targeting a unique place in sporting history by attempting to qualify for the US para-canoe team for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Interview with Victoria Schwarz and Fernando Fernandes

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Interview with sprint athletes Viktoria Schwarz from Austria and Fernando Fernandes from Brazil.
„Paddling is perfect for us“

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With Claus Wotruba, the kayak athletes Christian and Dominik Mathes from Regensburg talk about their big goal: the Paralympics 2016 in Rio. Christian Mathes is proud owner of a world cup bronze medal. In 2016 the athlete from Regensburg wants to compete at the Paralympics in Brazil.
How to get sponsors

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This is 5 steps blueprint to successfully get sponsorships.
Interview with Victoria Schwarz and Fernando Fernandes

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Interview with sprint athletes Viktoria Schwarz from Austria and Fernando Fernandes from Brazil.
Sprint World Champion Josef Dostál helps to test a new K1 for rough conditions

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Recently, Dostál has been on holiday to Paris, picking mushrooms in a forest near his family’s cottage and relaxing in Hawaii. He also completed a marathon race in Bohemia, where he suffered excruciating pain after struggling to finish. But as we speak, Josef Dostál, the K-1 and K-4 1000m World Champion, is diligently preparing for the new racing season. During November he is exchanging the cloudy Czech weather for sunny California.
Paracanoeist Jeannette Chippington looking back to the Moscow worlds and forward to Rio

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By winning 2 golds at the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Moscow in August, Great Britain's Jeanette Chippington now has 8 world titles to her name. After a solid season she looks back on Russia and her swimming days past as well as to the immediate future as the Rio Paralympics approach.
Interview with Sarah Guyot - Team France catches sight of Rio

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A few weeks ago the French canoe sprint teams were training by age and category. The juniors were in Nancy (East of France), the senior kayak men in Vaires-sur-Marne (Paris area) and the kayak women in Cesson-Sévigné (Brittany) under the leadership of Claudine Leroux.
Vote for Fiona Pennie - UK #WomenInSport Calendar

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Help Scotland’s canoe slalom Olympian Fiona Pennie make it to the pages of the 2015 #WomenInSport calendar.
Interview with Olympic Sprint Champion and mother Krisztina Fazekas-Zur

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Olympic Champion Krisztina Fazekas-Zur had only managed to go home and visit her family in Hungary for a week before she left again Tuesday 30 September for California in order to start preparations for the 2015 racing season.
How to create an impactful athlete website in 5 steps

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Like many athletes, your outdated website left adrift on the interwebs is likely to confuse visitors and ultimately hurt your band. It’s time to fix this. With the proper structure, you’ll be able to create an impactful website that will do wonders for your brand and act as the quarterback of your online efforts.
Yuri Cheban’s mother claims her victorious son “…went to fight for his land”

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The Sprint world championships held in Moscow ended with a triumphant victory for Yuri Cheban, an Olympic champion at the London 2012 Olympic Games and an ‘Honoured Sportsmaster’ in his home country of Ukraine.
Marta Walczykiewicz: I trusted the coach and after the warm up, my form exploded!

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  Interview with Marta Walczykiewicz: a KTW Kalisz (Kaliskie Towarzystwo Wioślarskie – Kalisz Rowing Association) kayaker, world champion and two-time runner up at the World Championships on the regatta course in Moscow.
From World Cup to World Cup in the Hobbit Van with Ben Hayward

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It’s been awhile since a Canadian paddler has cracked the top 10 in a world cup race. Twenty-four-year-old Ben Hayward is doing it in style, driving around in a converted truck he’s built himself.
Czech marathon athletes Jakub and Anna Adam(ova) love racing in South Africa

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World class Czech professional paddlers Jakub Adam and Anna Adamova arrived in South Africa six months ago, ready to tackle the Fish River Canoe Marathon. After transitioning impressively to river paddling, they returned to home this past week having put together some fine results, highlighted by podium finishes in the Dusi Canoe Marathon.
IOC Confirms Lisa Carrington as Athlete Role Model

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently announced Lisa Carrington (NZL), the Canoe Sprint K1 200m Olympic Champion and multiple World Champion, as one of the of 37 Athlete Role Models (ARMs) who will attend the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games from 16 to 28 August in Nanjing, China.
Interview with slalom athlete Ashley Nee - Part II

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Ashley Nee, 25 years old, began paddling slalom at the age of 10 with Valley Mill Camp. Ashley is a repeat member of the United States Junior and Senior slalom teams. Located in Bethesda, MD, Ashley lives with her dog Nepa, cat Farley, and her fiancé Ashley McEwan.
Interview with slalom athlete Ashley Nee - Part I

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Ashley Nee, 25 years old, began paddling slalom at the age of 10 with Valley Mill Camp. Ashley is repeat member of the United States Junior and Senior slalom teams. Located in Bethesda, MD, Ashley lives with her dog Nepa, cat Farley, and her fiancé Ashley McEwan.
Sportscene preview 2014 Freestyle kayaking season

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2014 is already lining up to be another exciting year of freestyle action with major events set to be held on the best features across the World. Starting off with the Nile River Festival in Africa the season will continue with the National Student Rodeo in the UK in March, followed by a full calendar of European and USA competitions as well as other events, across the globe.
Interview with canoe sprint athlete Lydia Keefe Sampson

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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.
ParaCanoeist Bob Balk receives highest Paralympic honor

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U.S. Paralympics announced that that U.S. Paralympian Bob Balk, received the 2013 Paralympic Order from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the highest honor a person can receive the Paralympic Movement at the 2013 Paralympic Awards Gala in Athens, Greece.
A life outside training IV. Baking bread with Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny

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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.
Comparing different body types of Olympic athletes

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Working primarily with dancers, Schatz has been particularly attracted to form shaped by function. Now, in Athlete, he reaches the zenith of his photographic paean to the human body, creating an astonishing record of the specialised forms both adapted to the wide spectrum of sport and shaped by fiercely focused effort.
A life outside training II. Angus Mortimer staying in the zone with music!

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Angus Mortimer is a member of the Canadian Men’s Kayak Team. Born and raised in Ottawa, Angus represented Canada at the Beijing Olympics as a member of the K4 1000m crew that placed ninth.
Interview with Russian sprint athlete Vera Sobetova

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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.
Newsletter Rosalyn Lawrence

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I have just finished a training camp in Prague, where the World Championships will be held in September. Despite the entire venue recently being flooded to record levels, the course was completely repaired and ready to paddle on.
Cardiff World Cup: The Nick and John Diaries

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On the central island at the Cardiff International Whitewater Centre, Sportscene’s Nick Harding and John Gregory look to an exciting day of World Cup racing in this 8 minute edit.
Paddlers irate at ICF marathon canoe rules

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Top canoeists have voiced anger at the introduction of new rules governing canoe and kayak marathons.
GB slalom selection 2013: interviews with athletes and officials

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Want to know what some of the athletes were thinking at the GB slalom selection earlier in the spring? Behind-the-scenes interviews are now up on Youtube.
Sports business and psychology experts Performance1 on-board

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Coaching leaders and teams in the art of success, Performance1 confirms their relationship with Sportscene.
Will Forsythe: from surgery to the start line

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After a disappointing Olympic Selection in 2012 training was again starting to head in the right direction. I was feeling powerful in the boat and chipping away at new technique improvements I felt were necessary to crack the top 10.
Hey speedracer. Can you popup a wheelie? 10 Things to never say to a person in a wheelchair

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Spend a week or a decade in a wheelchair, chances are you’ll be asked some pretty crazy things. And I get why–people are uncomfortable around things that are different, especially wheelchairs. Even more so if they don’t know anyone who uses a wheelchair on a personal level.
Interview with four-times canoe sprint Olympian Andreas Ihle

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Andreas Ihle (born June 2, 1979 in Bad Dürrenberg, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since 1997. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won three medals with a gold (K2 1000m: 2008), a silver (K4 1000m: 2004) and a bronze (K2 1000m: 2012).
Estanguet wins bid to be IOC Member

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Multiple Olympic canoe slalom champion Tony Estanguet is to join the Athletes’ Commission of the International Olympic Committee and will, in the process, become a Member of the Olympic supreme body.
‘Stop for a moment’ by slalom athlete Urša Kragelj from Slovenia

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We go through many stages in life. As teenagers and young adults, many people experience a strong desire to conform, to fit in with other people's expectations. This often shows up as the need to belong to a peer group who dress and behave the same way.
What does 2000 calories look like?

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Recommended daily calorie intake varies from person to person, but there are guidelines for calorie requirements you can use as a starting point. UK Department of Health Estimated Average Requirements (EAR) are a daily calorie intake of 1940 calories per day for women and 2550 for men.
The Canoe Sprint Pines Resort 2013 - Yak for a Stack and the Harlem Shake

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The Pines Resort, located in the small town of Indian Harbor Beach, Florida, USA, becomes the home of hundreds of competitive paddlers each spring. The majority of them are Canadian, with members of their national team as well as upcoming paddlers who are training with their Canadian clubs and regional teams.