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Pumps cause delay as freestyle and downriver comp graces Lee Valley

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The 2-jam freestyle and downriver event on the Lee Valley Legacy course (Olympic's little sister) eventually took place on 30th June following an hour and a half pump hold-up.
Depression and comeback in sport

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It takes resilience to compete at the highest levels of our sport, and even the most successful competitors will experience the pain and disappointment of failure at some time in their careers.
Newsletter Sort Open International Freestyle 2013

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We are looking forward to seeing you in the city of Sort on the natural channel for the great white water festival. Registration for The Sort Open Freestyle International is open and will close on July 20th.
Seu canoe slalom World Cup review – Spanish armada on the water

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The Spanish team were able to secure two individual medals and two team medals at the third ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup at Parc Olimpic del Segre. Here is a round-up of the World Cup weekend at La Seu d’Urgell.
IOC terms for women’s canoeing

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Women’s canoe events could conceivably make it to a future Olympic programme but it would only be at the cost of an existing canoe or kayak discipline. That was the clear message from the International Olympic Committee which spelled out the hard facts to international sports federations two days ago.
World Cup Seu: Following the Olympic slalom journey

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The roadshow continues with over 200 of slalom’s elite going up into the mountains for their third duel as part of the 2013 ICF canoe Slalom World Cup series. There is something symbolic that we migrate from the ‘72 Olympic Eiskanal to Parc Olimpic del Segre in Spain.
Oklahoma River World’s First Permanently Lit Racecourse

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The Oklahoma River became the world’s first permanently lit racecourse June 29 in Oklahoma City. A ceremony marked the occasion during the second annual SandRidge Energy Stars and Stripes River Festival.
Interview with Jean-Michel Prono, ICF Chair Slalom: Cardiff, pumps and Prague

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ICF Canoe Slalom Chair Jean-Michel Prono looks back at the brilliant weekend of racing at Cardiff and looks on to Prague.
Interview with Russian sprint canoeist Ilya Pervukhin

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Ilya Pervukhin (born July, 6, 1991) is a Russian sprint canoeist. He was the winner of the World and European junior championships. He won gold medals at the European Championships in 2011 and 2013.
Augsburg World Cup Review - Excellent performance Germany at home

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For the second in the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup series Germany secured 13 boats for the final on their home water. Kanu Schwaben Augsburg has no less than four past Olympic canoe slalom champions. Here is a round-up of the World Cup weekend on the Eiskanal.
Fox wins C1 Gold in Augsburg

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19 year old Jessica Fox went one better than her silver medal performance in Cardiff last weekend to win Gold in the women’s C1 final at ICF World Cup 2 in Augsburg, Germany.
Fat nutritionist? Lose some weight!

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So you’re an elite athlete and your sports governing body appoints a nutritionist to come and advise you on your body’s needs. Trouble is, you need someone you can respect and rely on and this nutritionist is, how shall we put it, um…horizontally challenged?
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.
Slalom caravan rolls into Augsburg for historic 20th time

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The international elite in canoe slalom prepare for their second duel as part of the 2013 ICF canoe Slalom World Cup series. Here is a short preview of what to expect this weekend for World Cup 2 in Augsburg.
Payette River Games 2013

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Last year I saw this photo of Stephen Wright and knew that this was a feature I would really like to visit. Then in September at the World Cups I was told about the 2013 Kelly's white water park event, a big white water festival that would be hosted at the end of the US freestyle tour.
Interview with sprint Head coach Scott Oldershaw from Canada

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My position is called head coach of the national team. My job is to work with the other coaches, make sure they have what they need to do their job, take charge of team selections, plan for competitions and that kind of thing.
ICF explains marathon rules issue

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The chairman of the International Canoe Federation Marathon Racing Committee, Jorn Cronberg, has responded to comments by paddlers that rule changes, including a raft of penalties for aggressive behaviour, are somehow detrimental to the sport.
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.
Freestyle Kayaking: How to Lunar Orbit

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The Lunar Orbit is another of my favourite moves. It looks quite complicated but actually it’s much more simple than you might think.
Cardiff Day 3 Review - Nail-biting to the very last boat

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Sunday’s Cardiff World Cup K1W and C2 were always likely to be a nail-biter and the two finals were exactly that down to the very last boat.
Cardiff Day 2 Review “Where did the water go?”

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The sun shone no more and instead the winds whipped around Cardiff Bay creating an added challenge for all competitors. Here is a review of Saturday’s C1M, C1W and K1M finals and the heats/semis in K1W and C2.
Day 1 race report ICF World Cup Canoe Slalom Cardiff

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The sun shone in the Welsh capital today for the start of the 2013 World Cup series. The Cardiff International Whitewater Centre is a fabulous Olympic standard race site to kick of the World Cup series for the second year in succession.
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.
Preview ICF World Cup Canoe Slalom Cardiff

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The international elite in canoe slalom are descending upon the city of Cardiff in Wales for the start of the first World Cup race of the 2013 season. We again return to the Cardiff International Whitewater Centre to watch our new Olympians battle it out on the swirling green waters on this short tight course.
Young talents are the hope for Brazilian Canoe Slalom in Rio 2016

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Two young paddlers have been shining on the Olympic horizon of Brazilian Canoeing for the past two years: Ana Sátila (17) and Pedro ‘Pepe’ Henrique Gonçalves are the hope of Latin American Canoe Slalom to win a sought after Olympic medal in Rio de Janeiro, 2016.
Wrap up European Sprint Champs. Rene Poulsen one of the stars

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After a sunny but rather windy weekend in Montemor-o-Velho (Portugal), Danish paddler René Poulsen has become one of the stars of the European Sprint Championships having won three medals, winning both K1 1,000 and 500 metres and adding a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres, rounding out one of his best weekends ever.
What does a good coach do?

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My own view is that a good coach is primarily motivated by seeing someone else improve, they are creative and passionate about making this happen, and they build a trusting relationship.
Team GB tops paracanoe medal table at Euros Portugal

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What a couple of weeks it has been for GB; Fiona Pennie becomes K1W European Champion, Hannah Brown becomes Wildwater World Champion, Ben Brown finishes a superb fourth in the Marathon Euros and now it is the paracanoeists' turn.
Interview with Belarusian sprint athlete Oleg Yurenia

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Oleg (Aleh) Yurenia, Belarusian paddler was born on May 21st 1990 in the village Pravyje Mosty (Grodno region). He has been living and training in Brest (Belarus) since 2006.
Waoh! What a day! European Champ Fiona Pennie about her Golden moments

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Waoh! What a day! Finally, I've won my first championship race, the first ever European Championship for a GB Kayak Woman and the first Championship win for a GB Kayak Woman in 18 years! I don't think it's quite sunk in yet!
ICF Announce Agreement with SIWIDATA

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The International Canoe Federation (ICF) have signed a new agreement with timing and scoring service providers SIWIDATA; the deal is for the 2013 season and includes the senior ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, World Cups (5) and the Junior/U23 World Championships.
Olympian Ronny Rauhe turns politician

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Kayaking star Ronald Rauhe has joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and could be running for state parliament in 2014.
Czechs show their spirit to fight on and off the water

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The first day of the European championships in canoe slalom brought great success for the Czech team. Only 21-year-old Jiri Prskavec surprised all the opponents when he had a great run and became the best European kayaker.
Day 2 European Championships Slalom and overall wrap up

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The Polish organisers of the European Canoe Slalom championships should be applauded in managing to stage the event given the heavy flooding throughout central Europe in the last week, which at one point put the race in jeopardy.
Last day European Championships Marathon with the K2 and C2

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Today was the day for K2 and C2, starting with the K2 Senior Women and the C2 early in the morning, in wet and fresh weather in Vila Verde, Portugal.
Day 1 European Championships Canoe Slalom Krakow

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The flood waters in central Europe have subsided sufficiently for the organisers of the European Canoe Slalom Championships to run a modified race schedule this weekend at Krakow, Poland. The race organisers are running a single heat (semi) run format into a final run.
Preview 2013 European Championships Krakow, Poland

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The grand historic city of Krakow in Poland welcomes top paddlers to the 2013 ECA European Canoe Slalom Championships starting June 6th. These are important races for many European paddlers as they provide the first top level international race before the 5 race World Cup series that begins in Cardiff, Wales two weeks later.
Building a better world through sport

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The 3rd International Forum on Sport for Peace and Development opened today in New York with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) honouring United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with the Olympic Order.
What does Robert Summer think about the rain in Regen?

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Robert Sommer is well-known in the freestyle and wildwater community: organiser of the 2011 World Championships in Germany and owner of Robson Megasports. What not a lot of people know is that Robert Sommer (German word for summer) is also the Mayor of the city Regen (German word for rain).
Dangerous flooding in Prague

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The critical flooding situation in the Czech Republic endangers the entire country and also seriously affects the venue of this year´s ICF Canoe Slalom World championship in Prague – Troja (11-15 Sept).
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.
Brazil show signs of promise in Poznan

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Brazil showed their canoeing credentials winning two gold medals at the 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup in Poznan, Poland this weekend. Following the appointment of a new coach the Brazillian athletes are beginning to show signs of real progress as they start on the road to Rio 2016.
Preview 2013 ICF World Cup Canoe Sprint Poznan, Poland

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The 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup heads to Poznan, Poland in the last of a thrilling series of three events from the 31st May - 2nd June.
Etienne Daille splits his boat in two! How to travel with a slalom boat.

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Have you ever experienced the problem of getting your slalom boat onto a plane? Have you ever changed or cancelled an awesome trip because the airfare was too expensive with a boat or the company wouldn't take a boat at all?
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.
Wrestling makes cut for IOC session. Should it be canoeing’s concern?

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The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today recommended that baseball/softball, squash and wrestling be proposed to the 125th IOC Session for possible inclusion as an additional sport on the Olympic programme for the 2020 Olympic Games.
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).
Review women’s C1 and C2 at the World Cup Canoe Sprint in Račice

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Continuing their strong showing from 2012, this year’s second World Cup in Račice, Czech Republic, boasted a competitive contingent of women canoers from across the globe.
What keeps you going as an athlete? About Mastery Motivation.

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Over the 2012 World Cup and Olympic slalom competitions, the eighteen chances to stand on the podium were taken by 13 different K1 men and 10 different K1 women.
Canadian sprint girls have got the voice - Part II

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Canadian Canoe girls Taylor Potts and Maria Halavrezos are at it again, taking a break between training sessions to record another cover.