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Fiesta, Forever: The site of the Olympic sprint course in Rio.

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While the bustling city of Rio de Janeiro is renowned for its beaches, iconic landmarks and partying, when it comes to the Olympic paddling events, it’s certain to create waves as well.
Hay, Rapido: The future home of the Rio 2016 whitewater course.

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While the bustling city Rio de Janeiro is renowned for its beaches, iconic landmarks and partying, when it comes to the Olympic paddling events, it’s certain to create waves as well.
Heli and Vio

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If you’ve done a season of international races, you’ll know who Heli and Vio are. And you can’t know one without knowing the other. Relationships, and even marriages, are not unusual on the slalom scene but the blond couple are remarkable for their incredible ability to be continuously together.
Greg Barton nominated for the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame

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The four-time Olympic medalist is the most decorated U.S. Olympic canoe/kayak athlete. Barton won the bronze medal in men’s K-1 1000m at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He then earned two gold medals in K1 1000m and K2 1000m at the Seoul 1988 Olympics...
Olympic and World Champions do battle in first Olympic nomination trial

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Olympic and world champions Ken Wallace, Clint Robinson, Ben Fouhy and Lisa Carrington will headline racing this weekend at the Oceania Championships in Penrith.
2012 Oceania Championships Canoe Slalom - Livestream

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Coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday the the 2012 Oceania Open will be broadcasted live.
CanoeKayak Canada fires high performance director

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This Olympic cycle has seen a number of leadership changes within the CanoeKayak Canada organization. The latest move — the firing of high performance director Barney Wainwright on Thursday — is rather eyebrow-raising since it comes just five months before the Summer Games.
Australian Olympic team is expected to be decided this weekend

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The composition of the Australian slalom team to be nominated for the Australian Olympic team is expected to be decided this weekend at the 2012 Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium.
2012 Olympian Luuka Jones about training alone. With a smile…

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Luuka Jones has really white teeth. I know this because she’s usually smiling. Some would say she has plenty of reasons to smile, not least because she already has her Olympic entry confirmed.
Clint Robinson’s prediction for the winning K1 1000 London 2012

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Last month we published an article with the January 2012 Olympic Medal prediction for sprint. This prediction is based on an algorithm that monitors athletes’ performances leading up to the Games. Obviously this prediction was received with a healthy suspicion.
2012 Australian Open Canoe Slalom - Livestream

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Saturday and Sunday the semi finals and finals of the 2012 Australian Open will be broadcasted live.
Interview with London 2012 qualifier Johny Akinyemi

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Right after Jonathan (Johny) Akinyemi from Nigeria qualified for London 2012 in Bethlehem, South Africa last weekend, Sportscene got an exclusive interview with Johny the day he got back home in Warrington, Great Britain.
Interview with ICF Chair Canoe Sprint Frank Garner

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Frank Garner has attended three Olympic Games as Canada’s National Coach and three as an International Canoe Official. In 2012, Frank will go to the Olympics for the seventh time. He will be the Chief Official for the Flatwater Sprint events to be held in Eton, England in August.
Interview with Campbell Walsh: Britain’s No. 1 Canoe slalom athlete

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Campbell Walsh has already gained the silver medal for Britain in the 2004 Olympics and is set for gold in 2012. Providing he makes it through the April trials, that is! Walsh is currently living in Waltham Abbey and is training at the Lee Valley White Water centre in Waltham Cross.
(Open) Whitewater canoeing in Mexico

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Open Canoeing is usually limited with paddling locations by the size of the canoe. However, Jim Coffey from Esprit International (a well known single blader himself) ) has opened canoeing up in Mexico by building a fleet of Esquif Canoes in Jalcomulco, Mexico.
Final opportunity for the African slalom athletes to qualify for the Olympic Games

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This weekend Ash River, Bethlehem in South Africa will host the 2012 African Canoe Slalom Championships. The event which is organized by Canoeing South Africa takes place from 3 – 4 February and will also serve as an Olympic Qualifier.
New Zealand Open slalom titles decided

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Swiss kayaker Michael Kurt has won the New Zealand Open canoe slalom K1 title for the second consecutive year, beating a star-studded field of international paddlers on the Mangahao River near Palmerston North last Sunday.
The 2012 season: what competitions are coming up?

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The 2012 season officially started this weekend with the New Zealand Open being the first ICF ranking race of the year (28 – 29 January). After the last ICF slalom committee meeting it was agreed that the Oceania Open (24 – 26 February) will not be part of the World Cup Series 2012.
Comeback of ICF & Sportscene host Kelly Vanderbeek

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Kelly Vanderbeek from Canada has hosted several ICF and Australian Canoeing productions for Sportscene. What most people might not know is that she is also an Olympian alpine skier who has reached the World Cup podium three times in her career.
Caroline Queen invites you to the 2012 Junior & U23 World Championships Canoe Slalom

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This summer the Junior and U23 slalom athletes get a chance to race in the United States for the first time in several years! Where? Wausau, Wisconsin. Where is that? What is the course like? What is the town like?
This weekend the 2012 Canoe Slalom New Zealand Open

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A star-studded international field is competing but it's the Kiwi canoe slalom contingent that's fired up for this weekend's New Zealand Open in the Manawatu. Rotorua-based paddlers Luuka Jones and Mike Dawson have already qualified for the London Olympics, as well as Tauranga-raised Cook Island competitor Ella Nicholas.
Adam Tenwolde shares his tentative 2012 season schedule with us

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Being an Olympic year, spring training camp is going to be longer then ever before, for myself. I am going to Florida for 3 months this year. I am heading down on February 5th and staying until the last week in April, when we will then drive from Melbourne, FL to Gainesville, GA for our final preparation for Canadian Olympic Team Trials.
Stefano Cipressi: Anything but Ordinary

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Stefano Cipressi doesn’t look like a typical World Champion. He’s not aloof like Martikan, there’s no Hulk biceps like Molmenti, and he’s not known for histrionics like the Hochschorners. In fact, the Italian is pretty reserved.
Video Snippets of the 1967 World Championships Canoe Slalom

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The 1967 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Lipno nad Vltavou, Czechoslovakia under the auspices of International Canoe Federation.
Stewart takes out hotly contested K1 1000 Final

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Murray Stewart wins the men’s K1 1000, Queenslander’s Ken Wallace and David Smith win the K2 1000 and the K4 Worlds crew are on track with an impressive performance to kick off proceedings on day one.
Interview with 200 meter World Champion Lisa Carrington

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Lisa Carrington from New Zealand became World Champion last year in Szeged, Hungary in the K1 200 metre event. Lisa hails from Auckland on the North shore, which is only 5 minutes from where she trains most of the year, although she also spends a few months in Europe each year.
An Introduction to Quadrathlon

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Would quadrathlon make a good part on your (winter-cross-) training program? For anyone who has never heard of a quadrathlon, the premise is simple: swim, paddle, cycle and then run – pretty much a triathlon with paddling thrown in for good measure. Junior World Champion Marthe de Ferrer from Great Britain reports on her experience.
January 2012 Olympic Medal prediction for canoe sprint

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USA Today published its medal tracker for London. Its tracker projects the winners in each medal event for the 2012 London Olympics, based on an algorithm that monitors athletes’ performances leading up to the Games. The table is update once a month.
January 2012 Olympic Medal prediction for canoe slalom

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USA Today published its medal tracker for London. Its tracker projects the winners in each medal event for the 2012 London Olympics, based on an algorithm that monitors athletes’ performances leading up to the Games. The table is update once a month.
Interview with Lizzie Neave

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Interview with one of Great Britain's top athletes Lizzie Neave who won bronze at the 2009 Worlds in La Seu d'Urgell in Spain and bronze at the 2011 European Championships, also in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.
True Winter Tales: Christine Selinger

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Everyone has that one day they remember; that one winter day that really stands out amongst the rest.
Interview with Maximilian Benassi

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Max Benassi, a sprint and downriver racing specialist, and one of the best in the world is visiting Australia as part of his training program leading up to selection races for the 2012 Olympics. Here he talks with Rob van Bommel about his impressions of Australia.
The 2011 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships

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From a bird’s eye view, the city of Miyi looks uncannily like a real life version of the computer game of Sim-city. What looks like exactly the same building is repeated throughout with only the occasional stadium or park breaking up the skyscrapers.
AUSTRALIA’S youngest-ever Olympic kayak gold medallist now aims to be its oldest

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Clint Robinson, a star of surf and still-water paddling, was 20 when he gave his country its first Games kayak gold in the 1000m singles final at Barcelona in 1992.
2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Szeged video highlights

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The 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships was held in Szeged, Hungary in August 17-21. The competition served as the major Olympic Qualifier event for canoe-kayak sprint sport where 75% of all the quotes were distributed.
Day 3 Oceania Championships Canoe Polo

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Day 3 of the Oceania Championships Canoe Polo with the day three results and the overall final placings.
Day 2 Oceania Championships Canoe Polo

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Today the women have had plenty of action on Court 1. NZ Women came out fighting after a loss to the Australian women last night and beat the Australian Women’s B team 16-0.
Fiona Pennie in Australia

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Fiona Penny from Team Great Britain was in Australia for her warm weather training, which gave us the opportunity to ask her a few questions.
Jessica Fox tops state for PDHPE

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From Olympic aspirant to top of the state in academic achievement, Jessica Fox has completed 2011 in style. Jessica, 17, of Leonay (near Penrith/Sydney), came first in personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE) with a HSC mark of 99.
Day 1 Oceania Championships Canoe Polo

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Today was the first day of competition in the Oceania Canoe Polo Championships at the Hokowhitu Lagoon in Palmerston North. It has been a day of fierce competition between the New Zealand and Australian teams in all categories.
USA Canoe/Kayak Announces Relocation Headquarters to Oklahoma City

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USA Canoe/Kayak, the national governing body (NGB) for the Olympic sports of flatwater sprint and whitewater slalom and a member of the United States Olympic Committee, announced today the relocation of its headquarters to the city of Oklahoma City.
“Fan meets Champ” with Corinna Kuhnle

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Often heard is the complaint that media does not pay much attention to paddle sports. And if they do it tends to be superficial. Not that racing, the medal winners and so on are not important ,but as we all know there is more.
Charlotte to host 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials for whitewater slalom

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The U.S. National Whitewater Center (USNWC) will host the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials for Whitewater Slalom April 12 - 14, 2012. The three-day competition also features live music and a fireworks display on Saturday night.
No icing on the Kayak for olympic champion Ken Wallace

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The life of an athlete isn't always easy or paved with gold. In kayaker Ken Wallace's case it's actually sand.
Peter Kauzer and Eva Terčelj, paddlers of the year

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Slovenia - The season 2011 was again very successful for Slovenian kayakers and canoeists. At the most important races of the season – World and European Championships and World Cup Races – twenty competitors won medals.
Simon Brus Among the Best Young Sportsmen in Europe

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Slovenian Canoe Slalom paddler Simon Brus, a Gold medallist at the first ever YOG in Singapore and current Men’s K1 junior European Champion, was recognised in Sochi as one of the best young European Sportsmen.
Canoeist Brabants optimistic after hard year

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A taxing year punctuated by injury and illness has come to a tranquil end for Olympic canoeing champion Tim Brabants who is looking forward with optimism to defending his K1 1,000 metres title in London.
Video 1949 World Championships Canoe Slalom Geneva

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The 1949 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. Only two teams competed in the men's C-1 team, men's C-2 team, and women's folding K-1 team events.
Interview with coach Eric Farrell

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After finishing competing, Eric returned to the sport as a coach. He started coaching a group of young athletes at Elmbridge canoe club. Within two years he had lead Tim Brabants and Paul Darby-Dowman to Great Britains’ first Junior World Championship gold medal.
2012 Q1 TV Guide for Australian Canoeing

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The first quarter of 2012 Sportscene will cover the Nationals Sprint, Slalom and Downriver. We also will be present at the Olympic Qualifications for Sprint and Slalom in Penrith and the Australian Open Canoe Slalom. Coverage will be a mix of video news flashes and photography.