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1. Sign up for the 2015 Singapore Ocean Cup

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   This year's Singapore Ocean Cup marks the 9th edition since its inaugural race in 2007. It has been steadily growing as a race over the years and keeps on attracting crews and individual paddlers from around Asia Pacific to compete in OC1/SS and OC6 categories.

2. Singapore sprinters training in South Africa‏

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   It is a big year for the Singapore canoeing team. The country is set to host the biennual South East Asian (SEA) Games for the first time since 1993 in the 50th year of the city state's existence. To help them prepare for the challenge ahead, the team, under its long-time Hungarian coach Ballazs Babella, has travelled to South Africa for training at Natal Canoe Club (NCC) in Pietermaritzburg and Port Edward on the KwaZulu-Natal coast.

3. Congo: The Grand Inga Project (2012)

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   Steve Fisher and a trio of the bravest elite white water paddlers undertake an expedition to become the first to successfully navigate the Inga Rapids, considered the sacred heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the most perilous descent in Africa, if not the world.

4. Men’s K1 Canoe Marathon World Champion Hank McGregor propelled into history

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   Since stunning the canoeing world by winning the highly contested Men’s K1 event at the 2011 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Singapore last month, McGregor has been inundated with requests to participate in events all over the world.

5. Hungarian Renata Csay collects her 10th gold medal in Singapore

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   The final day of the 2011 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championship came to a close in Singapore with the K2 men senior, K2 women senior and C2 senior titles awarded to Hungary and Spain.

6. Juniors and under 23 competition kicks off with a rousing start

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   The shifting conditions and heat did not deter the world’s Juniors and Under-23 paddlers as the third day of the 2011 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships showcased the depth of talent and level of excitement expected in the days to come.

7. World champion Ben Brown defending canoe marathon title

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   At only 8 years old, Ben was given his first kayak from his parents and sent to the local canoe club (Elmbridge CC) where he quickly picked up and loved flat water racing. By age 15, Ben had held junior records for local marathon races, and was a regular to the podium of the sprint and marathon National Championships.

8. Bain takes out the ICF Canoe Marathon Junior World Champs crown

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   Bill Bain emerges from the humid conditions in Singapore last weekend to be crowned the new Junior World Marathon Champion, and stake his claim of one of Australia’s most talented up and coming sprint paddlers.

9. Well known sprint paddlers expected to challenge best marathoners

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   The 2011 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships kicks off this year with a record number of athletes competing in six different categories. Forty nations are present, two up from the Vaxholm Championships in 1996. All of marathon’s top paddlers have arrived in Singapore and have been joined by some well known Canoe Sprint paddlers who will be trying to challenge the marathoners.

10. World’s Best Canoeists Head to Singapore for Canoe Marathon Championships

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    This year's annual ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Singapore is the most anticipated canoe marathon world championships in many years; it is also the first time that an Asian country hosts the event, which will also serve as an Asian Championship.