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Olympic reforms for sprint and slalom - attractiveness, understandability, smaller

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The Olympic Games will become more colourful and exciting. This is why cut backs have to be made. Some sports may face losing their character.
Olympic reforms for sprint and slalom - attractiveness, understandability, smaller

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The Olympic Games will become more colourful and exciting. This is why cut backs have to be made. Some sports may face losing their character.
A mid-Olympic canoe slalom cycle not to disappoint – 2014 season wrap-up

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The French connection still dominates canoe slalom at this mid-point 2 years before we race on the new Rio Olympic slalom course. Here is a round-up of the 2014 season and what to expect in 2015.
The (Inter)national Canoe Federation’s gender problem

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It’s no secret that the International Canoe Federation has a gender equity problem. Women are underrepresented both on the water and in the board room. At the ICF board, women account for just three of the 29 spots, and on the water women are still fighting for equality.
How to get sponsors

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This is 5 steps blueprint to successfully get sponsorships.
Popov confident that Rio is back on track for 2016 Olympics

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Alexander Popov’s opinion has changed. In July last year the Olympic gold medallist turned IOC member was highly critical of Rio de Janeiro's preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games; now he is relieved to tell a different tale.
Brigden-Jones and Flood impress at the Blue Lakes Regatta in New Zealand

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Jo Brigden-Jones and Naomi Flood reaped the benefits of a three week training block by recording some impressive results at the Blue Lakes Regatta in Rotorua, New Zealand on Saturday.
Providing paddlers access to learn and train on great whitewater

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How do we provide the next generation of paddlers access to learn and train on great whitewater?
World Paddle Awards 2014, the „Oscars of Paddlesports“

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The premier event in paddlesports and first of its kind, the World Paddle Awards (WPA) for the 2014 season will take place on Saturday 9th May 2015 in Augsburg (Germany). Object of the awards are celebrating excellence in paddlesports by athletes and those involved in the sport. The public online voting campaign is now opened by www.worldpaddleawards.com.
Interview with Victoria Schwarz and Fernando Fernandes

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Interview with sprint athletes Viktoria Schwarz from Austria and Fernando Fernandes from Brazil.
K4 wins first gold ever for Kazakhstan at the 2014 Asian Games: next step Rio!

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Ilya Golenda, Daulet Sultanbekov and Andrey Erguchev are three quarters of a Kazakh K4 team who have all just turned 20. They are considered heroes of their team as they have won Kazakhstan’s first kayaking gold medal at the Asian Games. Joining these three young athletes is the experienced competitor Alexander Emelyanov, who has experience of winning medals at the Asian Games and is 10 years older than his teammates.
Tips for Surviving Travel Challenges

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Travelling away from home for training and competition is standard practice for most elite and recreational athletes. Unfortunately, the disruptions and distractions of a new environment, changes in schedule and exposure to different foods can significantly affect usual eating habits.
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.
2014 Sportscene Paddlesports Video

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This is the first time we produced a Sportscene promotional video. With this video we depict the rich diversity of paddlesports and our community. Having said that, we didn't manage to feature all 15 disciplines...
Fluid - Who Needs It?

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By drinking regularly during exercise, athletes can prevent declines in concentration and skill level, improve perceived exertion, prevent excessive elevations in heart rate and body temperature and improve performance.
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.
Canoe Slalom debut at the Pan Am Games #TO2015

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Top flight canoe slalom returns to the Gull River in Minden Hills, Ontario, Canada next July for the 17th Pan American Games. The race represents a throw-back to the by-gone days of Canoe Slalom on the developed whitewater rivers like Tryweryn, Savage and others.
Olympic Games officials approved of the canoeing lake in Rio, despite the presence of algae

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During their visit to Rio de Janeiro, representatives of 13 National Olympic Committees (NOC), among them former rowing and canoeing athletes, praised many beautiful areas in the city. Yet at the same time they expressed concern about the chaotic traffic in the area.
Green gone wild - a short report about the 2014 Green Race

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Waking up....a quick glance out of the window....no....hold on....that was indeed snow! 4 inches of snow! If there's anything I don't like it's being cold, apart from the obnoxious feeling in my stomach, caused by the thought of facing the Notch and Gorilla today, the class V key rapid of the course.
Video teaser 2015 ICF World Championships Canoe Sprint Portugal

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The promotional video for the upcoming ICF Canoe Sprint events in Portugal ( Montemor-o-Velho) in 2015: Canoe Sprint World Cup I and ICF Canoe Sprint Juniors & U23 World Championships.
Tomasz Kryk optimistic about the upcoming kayaking season!

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It’s no secret that the women are the stand-outs on the kayaking team. Tomasz Kryk's charges are still nursing injuries; however, the 'Rio de Janeiro' operation will soon get underway, because the Olympic qualifiers are planned for the World Championships in August next year.
Stay motivated - Preventing burnout and staying fresh

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Motivation is a key component in all the paddling disciplines, and the most successful paddlers demonstrate Mastery Motivation – the attitude, determination and commitment to achieve mastery over yourself, your competitors and your environment by performing to the best of your own ability.
ICF pushes Canadian canoeing in South Africa

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Fresh off the success of Team South Africa at the International Canoeing Federation (ICF) Canoe Marathon World Championships in Oklahoma City in September, where the men's kayak team claimed the world number one ranking, Canoeing South Africa (CSA), together with the ICF, is making a push to popularise Canadian canoeing.
South Africa Paracanoeing’s bright future comes to the fore

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In 2016 at the Rio De Janeiro Games South Africa will have two paracanoeists – Jono Wing and Stuart Hogg – eyeing spots on the South African team that will travel to South America for the showpiece event.
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.
Aleksei Korovashkov - “I want to win gold at Rio 2016”

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The 22 year old Russian athlete Aleksei Korovashkov triumphs at the world canoe championships in Moscow, coming away with 3 golds and 1 silver medal.
McGregor and Adie winners of the 2014 Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon

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Two new names will be engraved on the Hansa Fish River Canoe marathon winner’s trophies as Hank McGregor and Abby Adie claimed memorable victories in the hotly contested men’s and women’s 2014 clashes respectively on Saturday while Nic Burden, Adam Nisbet and Jean-Luc Mauvis were crowned 2014 SA K3 River Marathon champions.
Record K3 entry for 2014 Hansa Fish

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The popular K3 race at the Hansa Fish River Canoe Marathon has been given an added incentive in 2014 as it will also double up as the SA K3 River Marathon Championships and with this title on the line, the interest has led to the largest K3 field ever with just over 100 boats already confirmed for the race that starts at Grassridge Dam on Friday.
German canoe federation (DKV) restructures trainer team

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In preparation for the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio and as a consequence of the disappointing results of this year’s world championships in Moscow, the German canoe federation (DKV) rearranges its trainer team. This, also in regard to the competition for the important quota places in Milano next year.
Coach Mike Druce escapes from Colditz and walks 600 kilometer to Switzerland

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Slalom coach Mike Druce is escaping from Colditz and walking 600km unsupported to Switzerland to raise money for the Fred Hollows Foundation. Date of escape 26th September 2014...
Maxime Beaumont reports on the ‘Kanal Sprint’ in Potsdam, Germany

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Only 5 days after the World Championship in Russia, I am on my way to Potsdam in Germany. This has a great canoe club: it was the former West Germany Olympic team training centre and more recently they were German Club Champions winning more than 60 podium places.
Maxime Beaumont reports on the ‘Kanal Sprint’ in Potsdam, Germany

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Only 5 days after the World Championship in Russia, I am on my way to Potsdam in Germany. This has a great canoe club: it was the former West Germany Olympic team training centre and more recently they were German Club Champions winning more than 60 podium places.
Germany and France new 2014 World Champions canoe polo

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Germany confirmed their total domination in the women categories against Great-Britain, while France offered a third title to their extraordinary audience in the men competition. Spain won their first world medal in a refreshing battle against Italy.
France and Germany youngsters sitting on the top of the Polo World

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The 8000 spectators present in the boiling hot arena of Thury-Harcourt this Saturday enjoyed one more day of thrilling competition and celebrated loudly the titles of France and Germany, 2014 ICF U21 World Champions.
The French Connection – Deep Creek Worlds canoe slalom review

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Julia Child said it was butter that made French cooking different. How else can we explain France topping the medal table with a clean sweep of the K1M podium, overall best federation plus Team gold in K1M, K1W and C2? Need I go on?
900 million rubles invested in new regatta center for Astrakhan, Russian Federation

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The building of water and paddle sports centre is underway in the village of Yaksatovo in the region of Astrakhan, Russia. This year, the regional government has allocated 900 million rubles for the construction of this new centre.
France welcomes the Canoe Polo World Championships

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The 11th edition of the ICF Canoe Polo World Championships takes place from 23-28 September in Thury-Harcourt, France. 510 players will represent 27 countries and qualified for the competition based on the position that they finished at previous World Championships and in between, Continental Championships.
Jessica Fox creates history at Worlds Canoe Slalom

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Jessica Fox has created history winning gold in the K1W and C1W events at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Deep Creek, USA overnight.
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.
Canoe Sprint / and Canoe-Polo at the AlsterCup in Hamburg‏

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For the first time the canoeing community was part of the E.ON Hanse AlsterCup along the “Jungfernstieg” promenade. The German Canoe Federation sent their best athletes for the sprint races on the 200m track and for the canoe polo tournament, where Switzerland women and Denmark men were opponents.
10 Predictions for the Deep Creek Worlds Canoe Slalom

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After 25 years the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships returns to American shores. Here are our 10 predictions on what to expect for the Deep Creek Worlds, with insights from paddlers and organisers. Everything points to it being a thrilling race.
Model testing Rio 2016 slalom course

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A scale model of the Rio 2016 Olympic canoe slalom course, a key element of the X-Park that will be located within the Deodoro Olympic Park, has undergone extensive testing in a laboratory at Prague’s Czech Technical University.
Duisburg City plans to renovate regatta course

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The city wants to invest 7.3 million Euros, out of regional and state funds into the reconstruction and renovation of the training centre at the canoe race course. These repair works are urgently needed due to poor insulation and accessibility issues for wheelchair users.
PADDLEexpo 2014 kicks off global 2015 season

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The PADDLE Expo from 28-30 September this year, is a trade-only fair. No consumer entry is allowed so what's in for you as a paddler?
Competition round-up European Championships Freestyle Bratislava, Slovakia

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Every other year, paddlers from all over the Europe gather to compete for the title of European Freestyle Champion. This year, the event was held at the well-known kayak course in Danube, Cunovo near the beautiful capital of Slovakia – Bratislava.
Duisburg City plans to renovate regatta course

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The city wants to invest 7.3 million Euros, out of regional and state funds into the reconstruction and renovation of the training centre at the canoe race course. These repair works are urgently needed due to poor insulation and accessibility issues for wheelchair users.
Women’s kayak coach, Tomasz Kryk: Every day, I teach the contestants to pay attention to detail!  

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Interview with Tomasz Kryk, the Poznań coach of the women’s kayak team, which brought a gold, two silvers and a bronze back from the World Championships in Moscow.