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Final day of competition at the 2013 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships

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The U23 Men’s K1 200 was a nail-biter that was too close to call. Six paddlers crossed the line split seconds apart.
Results round up Junior & U23 canoe slalom European Championships

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GBR top medal table in U23 and France do so in Junior European Championship (excluding team events) high in the Rhône-Alpes on the River Isere near Bourg St Maurice.
Canada’s Women’s Kayak Team a Crowd Thriller on Day 2 of Canoe Niagara

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Canada’s women’s kayak team was a force to be reckoned with as day two of the 2013 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships took place under sunny skies at the Welland International Flatwater Centre. They turned up the heat and enthralled crowds with exhilarating races and close finishes.
Canoe Niagara 2013 - Racing gets underway!

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Thursday August 1st, 2013 marked the inaugural day of international competition at the newly renovated Welland International Flatwater Centre (WIFC). The Opening Ceremonies of the 2013 ICF Junior and Under 23 Canoe Sprint World Championships kicked off the celebration at the Merritt Park Amphitheatre last night and races began this morning.
Canoe Niagara 2013 debuts new age category, new standards for international competition

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In two days, the Welland International Flatwater Centre (WIFC) will welcome over 1000 participants to Canoe Niagara 2013: the ICF Junior and Under 23 Canoe Sprint World Championships.
Surfski Nikki Mocke incredible Portugal bronze after husband’s surgery

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Bronze-medallist at the first ever Ocean Racing Worlds (Nelo Summer Challenge), 'Nikki' reflects on her down-to-the-wire Final and how dramatic events off the field cast a shadow over her week in Portugal.
Final wrap up Junior & U23 Worlds - Czech Republic and Slovakia top medal tables

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It has been a phenomenal week of sunshine and slalom action from the best Juniors and U23 paddlers in the world, following it has been riveting and a real wake-up call for senior paddlers just how far on this field have come on this season alone.
Day 3 Junior & U23 World Championships – Semi-finals day sees Jess Fox capsize to K1W goodbye

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Summary of Day 3 results: U23; K1W Jess Fox roll costs her final place but redeems herself with first in C1W, double boats for AUS-GBR-UKR also in C1W final, C2M 1,2,3 for Czech Republic, double Junior leads for Kim Woods in K1W and C1W, fastest in K1M Heats Smolen (USA) fails to qualify.
Junior & U23 World Championships – Ana Sátila; the face of Rio 2016

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Ana Sátila, the talented and rapidly improving 17-year old Brazilian paddler, could be the most in-demand athlete canoeing has ever seen at the next Olympics in Rio 2016.
Day 2 Junior & U23 World Championships – King Cédric, the next Estanguet?

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Summary of Day 2 results: Cédric Joly's (FRA) day – number 1 in both Junior C1M Heats, U23 Czech Kudejova seals K1W double-heat firsts, Colazinari (ITA) takes surprise overall first in U23 C1M
Day 1 Junior & U23 World Championships – A quality field

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Summary of Day 1 results: U23 Jess Fox wins C1W Heats, Smolen from the US dominates K1M , Karlovsky and Jane lead C2M for the Czech Republic.
Junior & U23 World Championships kick off in spectacular style

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Our young canoe stars arrived in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia the day before last, demonstration events yesterday afternoon, opening ceremony last night, the 2013 Junior Worlds are here and Day 1 is off as we speak.
South Africa Dominate First ICF Ocean Racing World Championship‏

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South Africa’s Michele Eray and Sean Rice have become the first ICF Ocean Racing World Champions by winning their respective categories in the inaugural race hosted in Portugal (12-14 July).
First day Junior Worlds Downriver Lofer - Double strike by the Czech

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The first day of the 2013 ICF Wildwater Canoeing Juniors World Championships in Lofer was also the first day of surprises and a Czech double strike. The individual classic races were on the schedule.
ICF Cancels 2013 Dragon Boat Club Crew World Championships

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The ICF announces that a decision had to be made to cancel the 2013 ICF Dragonboat Club Crew World Championships due to unforeseen circumstances within Ukraine.
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.
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.
French excel in Solkan: three gold and one silver

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The last competition day of 2013 ICF Wildwater Canoeing Sprint World Championships in Solkan ended with a big win for France. They won three gold medals in men’s C1, women’s K1 and men’s C2 event and a silver medal in men’s kayak event. The Czech paddlers won a gold medal in men’s kayak team race.
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.
Second day Worlds Solkan: Gold medals for Belgium, Germany and France

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The second day of the 2013 ICF Wildwater Canoeing Sprint World Championships in Solkan gave us the names of three new/old World Champions.
First finals Solkan: double win Slovenia, Hannah Brown World Champion

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The first final results of the 2013 ICF Wildwater Canoeing Sprint World Championships in Solkan are known. The host nation celebrated a double win in the men’s Canadian double event and Hannah Brown (GBR) won a world champion title in the women’s kayak final.
Slovenians top Friday’s heats in Solkan

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Slovenian canoeists took advantage of the home course on the Soča River in Solkan producing excellent runs in the heats of the 2013 ICF Wildwater Canoeing sprint World Championships.
Solkan welcomes World class paddlers

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The emerald Soča River will host another big Wildwater Canoeing competition this weekend. After the European Championships in Bovec, paddlers now await the start of the ICF Wildwater Canoeing Sprint World Championships in Solkan.
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!
Tension builds as the World Wildwater Sprint Championships approach

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Athletes prepare for the gruelling annual Sprint Worlds which are set to take place on the 14-16th June in Solkan, Slovenia.
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.
European Canoe Marathon Championships Saturday: C1M, K1W, K1M

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After the junior and U23 races, held on Friday and Saturday morning, Senior action started at noon on Saturday with the Women’s K1, the Men's K1 and the Men’s C1.
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.
ICF Ocean Racing World Championships: Australia and South Africa announce teams

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We are only less than two months away from the first ever Ocean Racing World Championships, which will take place in Portugal. More than 100 athletes are expected to arrive in Portugal, representing a total of more than 30 nations. The event will take place in Vila do Conde, Portugal, between 12 and 14 of July.
Game. Only One Can Win (2013)

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After a 4-year retirement break from a 10-year freestyle kayak career, Polly Green (NZ) decides to return to elite competition in 2010 to become the next World Champion; she has 1 year to get back to form before the 2011 World Freestyle Championship.
River Soča hosts European Downriver Championships 2013

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Whitewater meets sprint this weekend at the European Downriver Championships on the Soča River. This year is special for Slovenians – an event has not taken place here for over two decades!
Interview with multiple Olympic champion Eirik Verås Larsen

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Eirik Verås Larsen (born 26 March 1976 in Flekkefjord) is a Norwegian sprint kayaker who has competed internationally since the early 1990s. He has participated in three Summer Olympics, and has won a complete set of medals (gold: 2004 K-1 1000 m and 2012 K-1 1000 m, silver: 2008 K-1 1000 m, bronze: 2004 K-2 1000 m).
2017 World Championships Slalom and Downriver in Pau, France

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Along with Pau-Pyrenees Urban Community President, Martine Lignère-Cassou, and President of the French Canoe Federation Vincent Blanchet, Tony Estanguet presented the French candidature for the 2017 ICF World Championships to the ICF board in Glasgow.
Australian supremacy at the 2013 Worlds SUP and Paddleboard

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Impressive Australia takes overall team standings for the second year in a row and a stunning 8 out of 11 wins across all SUP racing, SUP surfing and paddleboard categories.
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Opening Ceremony Marks the Start of the World Championship at La Pampilla

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The International Surfing Association (ISA) is pleased to announce the 2013 ISA World Standup Paddle and Paddleboard Championship begins on Sunday.
2013 ISA World Championship SUP & Paddleboard Peru - Livestream & Results

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Livestream and results for the 2013 ISA World StandUp Paddle and Paddleboard Championship in Lima, Peru. This event is an ISA World Championship that features 48 men and 24 women in each of three divisions: SUP surfing, SUP racing and Paddleboard.
Aussies take top canoe slalom crowns in New Zealand

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Lucien Delfour continued his canoe slalom rise as Australians dominated the Oceania championships on the Mangahao River near Shannon today.
Silver stars come out for canoe slalom champs this weekend

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Jess Fox cuts a relatively anonymous figure in Sydney, while Vavra Hradlilek is something of a rock star in his native Czech Republic. Two threads link the unlikely K1 pair together, however - both are Olympic silver medalists in canoe slalom
2010 junior World Champion Kirill Setkin suspended for doping

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Russia's canoe slalom champion Kirill Setkin has been suspended from competition for six months for doping offenses. Kirill Setkin, 19, was temporarily banned in September after he was found to have taken a banned substance.
Germany overhauls 200m kayaking structure

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Germany won three golds, one silver and two bronze medals in London, making it the star turn along with Hungary. But sports chiefs back home were unimpressed by the failure to pick up a single 200m medal and so, according to reports, has overhauled its 200m coaching team.
Luuka Jones; advice from a slalom Olympian how to become a team

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Only recently, Sportscene talked over the challenges of being an individual extreme athlete and a competitive rafter with Sam Sutton. Slalom Olympian and fellow New Zealander Luuka Jones further expands on this issue many multi-event athletes face.
Extreme kayaker and professional rafter; Sam Sutton’s rival mindsets

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In a gig-venue and shop named The Store near Okere Falls, Rotorua, New Zealand, Sportscene Director Rob has a morning coffee with extreme paddling poster-boy Sam Sutton.
Daniele Molmenti’s tips for the top

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What does it take to become Olympic champion? According to Italy’s Daniele Molmenti, who won the slalom K1 gold medal in London this year, it’s not just about deciding what to do – but why.
Paddle sports delivers the first certified carbon neutral World Sports Event

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The International Rafting Federation delivers the first certified carbon neutral World Sports Event with the Costa Rica 2011 World Rafting Championships. This article explains how they did it. A model for the world.
About Rotorua, New Zealand

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Rotorua sits on the shores of Lake Rotorua of New Zealand. There are several other lakes nearby. Along with the geothermal wonders, there are also the more usual water activities such as fishing, boating and white water rafting.
Sam Sutton wins his third Adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship Title

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24-year old Sam Sutton from Rotorua in New Zealand impressively demonstrated today that for the third year in a row he is the fastest extreme paddler in the world.
The Extreme Kayaking World Championship kicked off!

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The Extreme Kayaking World Championship kicked off today in the scenic valley of Oetz, Austria.In it's 5th year, the Adidas Sickline World Championship has attracted more talent this year than ever before.