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GB Ocean Ski Series 2015
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The 2015 GB Ocean Ski Series starts in just over a month's time, with a great series of five races planned, a clinic from ICF Surfski World Champion Sean Rice and the opportunity to have the use of a ski and paddle for a series race, courtesy of Think Kayaks Europe.
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Keith Moule and Lizzi Broughton - something big is happening!
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This weekend Waterside D will see another two records fall, both to the same crew, Keith Moule (Chelmsford) and Lizzi Broughton (Richmond) will break the mixed K2 record for both the 35 mile course and the combined overall time for a mixed double over the series by a considerable margin.
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2014 SAS Hurley Classic Great Britain - Livestream
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It all started in 1989 and that makes the event one of the oldest in Freestyle. It has developed from a meeting between mates at the Hurley Village car park into one of the most significant canoeing events in the world.
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Olympic Champion Stott confirms new partner is Proctor as the pair start on road to Rio
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Olympic Champion Etienne Stott missed most of what should have been a post London season of glory when he suffered a serious shoulder dislocation. Then early in 2014 his Olympic crewmate Tim Baillie announced his retirement, which left Stott with an uncertain future.
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Shakespearean drama start to 2014 World Cup – London review and Tacen WC2 preview
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It was like a Shakespearean drama start to the 2014 season, tragedy, drama, comedy, thrills and unexpected twists and turns. Here is a review of the Lee Valley World Cup of 2014 and a preview of what to expect in Slovenia later this week.
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Great Britain’s Sam Rippington - Going Where No Woman Has Gone Before
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How does it feel to be the first, the best, the only? To achieve something, when it has been nearly tangible for years, while pouring out all strength, just trying to beat out the rolling seconds of clock? Sweating while the blade rips through the water and the bow laps the surface of each rolling wave.
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The new improved Lee Valley - World Cup 2014 kick-off
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This weekend we return to Lee Valley for the first key international race since the London 2012 Olympics and a year before the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships on the same course.
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Not making the team - Mark Proctor moves on
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I can normally write at any given moment, but it’s taken me nearly 6 weeks to actually sit down and want to write this article.
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Legends: Richard Fox on the past, present and future
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Part 2 of our 'Legends' series, Sportscene's Nick interviews Richard Fox; Performance Director for Australian Canoeing and 10-time kayak slalom World Champion for Britain.
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Scotland, Canoe Slalom & the impact of independence
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Of Great Britain’s seven Olympic canoe slalom medals four have been from Scottish athletes. OK; albeit, with help from England’s Etienne Stott & Richard Hounslow! Indeed, at the Beijing Olympics all three Team GB canoe slalom athletes were from Scotland.
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A Canoeists view on the status of Sprint Canoe in Great Britain
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I started sprint canoeing at Fladbury Canoe Club in 2005, at the time, a bustling hub for “High Kneeling” canoeists. Looking back on those days I spent there I can see why: not only did they have Olympians Andrew and Steve Train dedicated to coaching, they also had canoe equipment and a calm stretch of river to train on.
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Olympic Champion Baillie to retire from canoe slalom
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Tim Baillie, who with C2 partner Etienne Stott made history in the London 2012 Olympics by winning a first gold medal for GB in the sport of canoe slalom, has decided to retire from the sport. Best friends since teenagers and a highly popular team on the international circuit, the pair enjoyed one of sport’s longest running partnerships which spanned nine seasons.
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GB Youth Raft team: Awe-inspiring journey to double World Silver and a Bronze
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An incredible tale of determination and overcoming personal obstacles behind the GB Youth Raft team's New Zealand success.
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Rob Sleeth appointed GB Canoeing’s Men’s Sprint 1000m coach
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Following a thorough recruitment process GB Canoeing has appointed Canadian Rob Sleeth as Men’s Sprint 1000m coach. Sleeth, who begins his new role later this week, comes from a highly successful 21 year coaching and senior leadership role with Canada’s National Sprint Canoe Team.
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Hannes Aigner takes the British Open title back to Germany
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The British Open is nothing new in the UK, for many years races were held on sites such as HPP, Llangollen’s Town Falls and now the site of the 2012 Olympics Lee Valley White Water Course.
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Legends: Five-time marathon World Champion Ivan Lawler reflects on his fruitful career
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In the first of our new Legends series, Sportscene talks to Ivan Lawler (GBR), multiple marathon World Champion, 1-time K2 10,000m sprint World Champion and participant in 3 Olympic Games from the late 80's to the end of the 90's.
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Airport-side canoe sprint in the heart of London
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Excellent turn out as youngsters and club seniors race at the annual London Sprint Regatta at the London (rowing) Regatta Centre on Sunday 21st July.
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Hundreds paddle anything around Brighton pier
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The annual Paddle Round the Pier charity beach festival returned to a sun-baked Brighton last weekend – hundreds of paddlers circumnavigated the ruined West Pier.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Active 360: SUP racing and Polar Bear expedition update
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Active 360, co-organisers of the 'Polar Bear' stand up expedition to Greenland in August this year, held their annual stand-up river races in London on Saturday.
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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!
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Final slalom selection races Great Britain and overall selection results
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Down to the wire, wraps up many of the sentiments at Lee Valley for the final race of the 2013 Great Britain team selection trials for seniors and U23.
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Race report GB Canoe Slalom Selection Race 3
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Thrilling start to the final Great Britain canoe slalom team selection trials. Today’s race 3 sets us up for a nail-biting culmination tomorrow (Sunday April 28th) on the Olympic Lee Valley White Water Centre.
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Tim Brabants retires
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Tim Brabants, Britain’s most successful Olympic canoeist, has announced his retirement from the sport.
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The 2013 Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race
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Stuart West and Dan Seaford took first place in last weekend’s Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race, finishing the 125 mile epic in 16 hours 44 minutes, more than an hour and ten minutes outside the senior mens’ doubles record. The Reading and Worcester duo battled to meet a tough challenge from three-time consecutive winners Richard Hendron and James King of Richmond/Army.
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Maia looks for bigger challenge after English Channel crossing
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Thirteen year old, Maia Wallace-Loizou from Enfield having just become the youngest girl ever to kayak across the English Channel, also has her sights on the 125 mile Devices to Westminster and is also being coached as part of the GB Canoeing’s Canoe Slalom club sessions on the Legacy Channel at Lee Valley.
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Night stand up paddle on the Thames
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Ever fancied leaving your comfort zone by paddling the Thames in the dark on an icy evening? I did last night!
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“They are loving the sessions!” - Lee Valley Legacy Takes Off
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Judging from early feedback the Lee Valley Legacy project experience is really inspiring a next generation of canoe slalom paddlers. The youngsters share the venue with GB Canoeing athletes, who have gone the extra mile to make them welcome.
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Ratcliffe named as GB’s chief slalom coach
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Olympic silver medalist Paul Ratcliffe has been appointed GB Canoeing’s Canoe Slalom Podium Head Coach.
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Stand up paddle entrepreneur and explorer, Paul Hyman, talks Thames and ‘Stand Up City’
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Following a chat at the London Boat Show earlier this year, Sportscene meets one of the Directors of London's emerging paddleboard scene, Active 360, who is also championing a 9-man expedition across the Arctic in August 2013.
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Steve Harris to Lead GB Paracanoe Programme
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Steve, who set up the Paracanoe performance programme in September 2011, has led it though a hugely successful 2012 season with the British team winning multiple medals at the World and European Championships.
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University canoe club try out Olympic course at Lee Valley
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Sportscene has been in touch with Sussex University Canoe Club (UK) President, Katie Hedgecock, who took her squadron of 15 débutante, advanced and alumni paddlers to the London 2012 Olympic course on a gloomy November weekend.
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Charles Evans: forgotten biography of a late ‘60s, (Sella!) Marathon paddler
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From time to time a legend may be unintentionally forgotten if they lead a humble existence out of the lime-light post-paddling career or if their successes were not documented.
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Hurley Classic 2012
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In recent years the event has been on a much lower scale, largely due to poor levels, but this year Jacko from KayakoJacko went all out to bring the festival feel back and turn it back into the booming event it once was. With the boom that’s going on in freestyle right now it seems perfect timing to relaunch the event in this manner.
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Campbell Walsh, one of Britain’s finest Canoe Slalom athletes retires
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After 26 years since I first went in a kayak, 23 years of slalom competitions, 19 seasons as a member of a GB team, 13 years of considering myself a full-time athlete...
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The Thames: one of world’s ‘best’ experiences
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Well, we’ve known it for years. But now it’s official. Following the Thames through the Cotswolds, Berkshire, Middlesex, Surrey and London is one of the world’s ‘best experiences’, according to Lonely Planet.
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Archive: London 2012 Olympic Games Canoe Sprint
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London 2012 Olympic Games Canoe Sprint Great Britain Biographies Athletes Overview Eton Dorney
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Archive: London 2012 Olympic Games Canoe Slalom
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London 2012 Olympic Games Canoe Slalom Sprint Great Britain Biographies Athletes Overview Lee Valley
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Great Britain’s David Florence makes History at Cardiff World Cup
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There were winners and there were big winners at the conclusion of the Cardiff World Cup. David Florence (GBR) made history when he won his second gold medal of the weekend with his Men’s C2 partner Richard Hounslow.
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PREVIEW: Cardiff World Cup to kick-off ICF canoe slalom season
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This weekend the Canoeing world turns its attention to Wales for Canoe Slalom’s season opener, the Cardiff World Cup. The three day event begins on 8 June (Friday) and is the first event in the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup series.
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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.
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2011 – The ‘Gold’ Season for British Freestyle
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The 2011 Freestyle kayaking season has come to an end and what a season it has been. 2011 will be remembered as the most successful year (so far) in British Freestyle history.
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Fighting back illness all the way to the top, interview with Claire Gunney
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Claire Gunney, Britain’s strongest female marathon paddler of the last few years, announced her retirement late last year. After having battled with a severe case of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, that should have taken her out of the sport completely, she fought back and made it to the European in 2011 and World Championships in 2010.
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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.
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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.
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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.