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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Robinson starts his tilt for sixth Olympic Games

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Olympic and World Champion Clint Robinson is about to stage a remarkable comeback to the sport of canoe sprint when he competes at the NSW Sprint Championships this weekend.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
WEBA Kayak Ergometer

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The company WEBA has developed a brand new product which gives recreational and top-athletes the best opportunity to simulate the motion stereotype of paddle sport.
Body & Stroke

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Olympic Park Rio 2016

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Detailed planning will be carried out over the next months by the winning company in conjunction with the parties involved in the park construction.
Szeged raises bar on presentation of canoe sprint

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National hero Attila Vajda won Gold, Germany and Russia tied for the lead in the medal count, but in the end, there was widespread agreement that the biggest winner at these 2011 ICF World Sprint Championships was the sport of Canoe Sprint itself.
Curtain falls on Szeged with 200m finals

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The curtain has come down, the fat lady sang and the sun has set on a thrilling but exhausting 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged.
Cutline: Ecuador’s Going to London

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Cutline: Cesar de Cesare didn't earn a medal in the K-1 Men's 200m final but his seventh place finish today did earn an Olympic quota for a country better known as a whitewater destination.
Vajda seizes the day in Szeged and wins gold in heartfelt sprint worlds

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Attila Vajda (HUN) the 2008 Olympic champion who enjoys a national hero status among Hungarians, thrilled a partisan hometown crowd with a momentous display of power and determination to stave off a last-minute charge by Spaniard David Cal and claim his second World title.
Backstage: Cuba and Iran

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Cuba’s Amazing Comeback in C-2 Men’s 1000m & Iranian Women Strive Vow to Continue Quest for First Final
Olympic hopes heighten intensity at Sprint World Championships

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A berth in the Olympics served as a powerful motivator that intensified the competition as the early rounds of the 2011 ICF World Sprint Championships continued here today.
Date of reckoning for canoe sprint athletes

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It has been the race of reference for Canoe Sprint athletes and enthusiasts all over the world, and even before the starting gun has gone off at the 2011 Canoe Sprint World Championships, records have already been broken.
Junior Canoe Sprint World Championships concludes in Brandenburg

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After three days of exciting races, with more than 650 participants from 64 nations in total, the Junior World Championships ended this afternoon with the 500m finals and semi-finals.
Hungary and Germany take the lead in morning heats

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As expected by many, the Hungarian and German juniors accounted for the most direct qualifications for the final with 4 boats each. Romania was also able to present very good results, placing 2 boats directly in the finals, 14 other nations reached the finals directly with one boat each.
Organising Committee and Brandenburg mayor hold press conference

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Thomas Konietzko, President of the German Canoe Association (DKV), Brandenburg’s lady Mayor Dietlind Tiemann, as well as head of the Brandenburg Organisation Committee, Henry Schiffer yesterday welcomed all 64 nations to the city and the Championships.
ICF President arrives in Brandenburg for Junior Championships

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ICF President Jose Perurena Lopez today arrived in Brandenburg to officially open the 2011 ICF Junior Canoe Sprint World Championships; this is the President’s first official engagement after being elected IOC Member earlier in the month.
Brandenburg to host ICF Junior Canoe Sprint Championships

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This weekend an estimated 650 athletes from 64 nations around the world will come together at Brandenburg an der Havel on Lake Beetzsee, to compete at the 2011 ICF Junior Canoe Sprint World Championships.
Video 2011 Worlds Wildwater Sprint K1 Men Augsburg

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25 Minutes of wildwater racing with the K1 Men at the Eiskanal in Augsburg, Germany.
Calm winds and furious paddling from day 2 in Duisburg

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A mild day sparked the opening of action packed racing at the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup in Duisburg, Germany. With a light wind cooling the spectators and athletes alike, the scene was set for a great day of racing.
Two down one more to go – Athletes head to Duisburg

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The last World Cup in Račice was exciting as it was nerve-wrecking. There were enough “close calls” to make even the more seasoned athletes a little nervy, for example the Men’s K1 1000m race between the canoeing’s most elite stars.
Who will become the World’s King & Queen of Sprint?

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A huge event will be held in Augsburg soon: on the Pentecost weekend the 1st Wildwater Canoe Sprint WC is going to take place from June 11 to 13, 2011. The long standing Eiskanal is not only tempting with high performance to be expected, but also a great program will be performed by the Canoe Schwaben Augsburg co-ordinators.
Final day of competition in Račice

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Final day of competition in Račice saw the shorter distances of 500m and 200m being contested. Again the weather was balmy with a slight headwind.
2nd Canoe Sprint World-cup Račice Saturday finals

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Early morning mist gave way to blue skies in time for the Saturday finals. Perfect conditions for the athletes to race in. The venue was buzzing in anticipation as racing got under way.
Račice up next to host the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup

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After a very successful first World Cup in Poznan, the athletes are ready to move on to another very unique town and venue – Račice, Czech Republic! The evergreen city is more rural than it is urban with its green meadows, bumpy, winding and narrow streets.
Grand Finale ICF World Cup Canoe Sprint, Poznan

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The skies were grey, the winds were strong and the day was cold, but crowds came out in their numbers on this third and final day here at the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup in Poznan.
Afternoon update Day 2 Poznan World Cup Canoe Sprint

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After a short break at midday, the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup picked up later with cooler temperatures and more wind.
Day 2 of the Poznan World Cup Canoe Sprint

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What a way to start the 2nd day of the World Cup in Poznan, it really was a great continuation from yesterday as many of the previous day’s contenders solidified their position by claiming positions on the podium.
Poznan set to host first ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup in 2011

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The moment all canoeing fans have been waiting for has arrived, on Friday Poznan, Poland will host more than 400 athletes from 40 countries at the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup.
2011 World Championships Wildwater Canoe Sprint

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From 11th till 13th June 2011, once again it is Augsburg where Canoe history is going to be made. With premiere of the FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WILDWATER CANOE SPRINT on the traditional 1972 Olympic race track on the “Ice-channel”, canoe sport is breaking new grounds.
Work complete at London 2012 Canoe Sprint venue

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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) announced today that work to deliver enhanced facilities for Rowing and Canoe Sprint events during the London 2012 Games has been completed on time and on budget.