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Maxime Beaumont reports on the ‘Kanal Sprint’ in Potsdam, Germany

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Only 5 days after the World Championship in Russia, I am on my way to Potsdam in Germany. This has a great canoe club: it was the former West Germany Olympic team training centre and more recently they were German Club Champions winning more than 60 podium places.
Maxime Beaumont reports on the ‘Kanal Sprint’ in Potsdam, Germany

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Only 5 days after the World Championship in Russia, I am on my way to Potsdam in Germany. This has a great canoe club: it was the former West Germany Olympic team training centre and more recently they were German Club Champions winning more than 60 podium places.
Yuri Cheban’s mother claims her victorious son “…went to fight for his land”

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The Sprint world championships held in Moscow ended with a triumphant victory for Yuri Cheban, an Olympic champion at the London 2012 Olympic Games and an ‘Honoured Sportsmaster’ in his home country of Ukraine.
Canoe Sprint / and Canoe-Polo at the AlsterCup in Hamburg‏

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For the first time the canoeing community was part of the E.ON Hanse AlsterCup along the “Jungfernstieg” promenade. The German Canoe Federation sent their best athletes for the sprint races on the 200m track and for the canoe polo tournament, where Switzerland women and Denmark men were opponents.
Duisburg City plans to renovate regatta course

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The city wants to invest 7.3 million Euros, out of regional and state funds into the reconstruction and renovation of the training centre at the canoe race course. These repair works are urgently needed due to poor insulation and accessibility issues for wheelchair users.
Duisburg City plans to renovate regatta course

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The city wants to invest 7.3 million Euros, out of regional and state funds into the reconstruction and renovation of the training centre at the canoe race course. These repair works are urgently needed due to poor insulation and accessibility issues for wheelchair users.
Women’s kayak coach, Tomasz Kryk: Every day, I teach the contestants to pay attention to detail!  

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Interview with Tomasz Kryk, the Poznań coach of the women’s kayak team, which brought a gold, two silvers and a bronze back from the World Championships in Moscow.
Team Manager France, Vincent Olla takes stock after the Sprint Worlds in Moscow

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Vincent Olla, French canoe sprint Team Manager takes stock after the 2014 Canoe Sprint World Championship in Moscow.
Portrait of Viktoria Schwarz: A kayak queen paddles towards a golden future

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In 2011 kayak world champion with Yvonne Schuring, Viktoria Schwarz now targets an Olympic gold medal in Rio 2016 with her new K2-partner. ”Of cause it is our goal to win a medal, but we know it will be hard. This is the dream of every athlete and we will give our best to duly represent Austria” says Viktoria, who has been at Olympic Games twice.
Marta Walczykiewicz: I trusted the coach and after the warm up, my form exploded!

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  Interview with Marta Walczykiewicz: a KTW Kalisz (Kaliskie Towarzystwo Wioślarskie – Kalisz Rowing Association) kayaker, world champion and two-time runner up at the World Championships on the regatta course in Moscow.
Golden moments at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games

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Belarus triumphed in the C1 and K1 head-to-head canoe-kayak sprint in bad weather on the southern side of the Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing on Sunday.
Translators wanted for non-English canoe sprint news

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Sportscene is on the lookout for people who can translate non-English canoe sprint news articles or video interviews to English. For each translated article you will receive 20 or 25 Euro. Your English needs to be good (not perfect).
Olympians and World champions attend German championships in Hamburg

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After seven years, the German championships returned to the race course in Allermöhe, the thirteenth time these championships have been held in Hamburg (19-24 August).
Ronald Rauhe criticizes German canoe association

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Ronald Rauhe, the 13 times sprint world champion blamed the German canoe association for the historical debacle at the sprint world championships in Moscow.
Preview 2014 ICF World Championships Canoe Sprint Moscow, Russia

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Out of respect for the 298 killed when pro-Russian rebels shot down flight MH17, Sportscene will report in a certain, limited fashion on the upcoming Sprint Canoe/Kayak World Championships in Moscow.
Double for Jørgensen and Kárász on final day in Szeged‏

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Emma Jørgensen (DEN) and Anna Kárász (HUN) both won two gold medals in the K1 200m and 500m in their respective age categories on the final day of action at the 2014 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Cup in Szeged, Hungary.
Last day Szeged - Hungary Grabs Six More World Titles‏

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New World Champions continue to be crowned on a busy final day of action at the 2014 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.
Day 3 Szeged - Five medals each for Poland and Hungary‏

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Poland and Hungary proved to be the dominant nations winning five medals each as the action unfolded on the first day of finals at the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint Junior and U23 World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.
Day 2 - Sharp Sprinting in Szeged‏

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Rebeka Simon (GBR) and Anna Karasz (HUN) were two paddlers who took full advantage of the tailwind as the second day of action drew to a close at the 2014 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.
Day 1 ICF Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships

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Many of the world’s best young paddlers began their journey to the top of the sport as the 2014 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championship in Szeged, Hungary got underway in bright yet breezy conditions.
Tom Hall looks back on the sprint Euros in Brandenburg, Germany

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Were the rumours of injury true? Does athlete X look fit? Will she be able to win? What kind of times are they doing?
Jono Wing and Bridgitte Hartley of to the Worlds in Moscow

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London Olympic bronze medallist Bridgitte Hartley will fly the South African flag at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Moscow from 6 to 10 August. After a mixed start to the international racing season, the Natal Canoe Club (NCC) star is focused on getting her season back on track.
Jono Wing and Bridgitte Hartley of to the Worlds in Moscow

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London Olympic bronze medallist Bridgitte Hartley will fly the South African flag at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Moscow from 6 to 10 August. After a mixed start to the international racing season, the Natal Canoe Club (NCC) star is focused on getting her season back on track.
Tom Hall reflects on last weekend’s sprint World Cup in Szeged

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My first time in Szeged was to cheer for the Canadians racing at the 2005 junior worlds. The senior team was training in Dunavarsany about 10 kilometres outside of Budapest, and we wanted to support our young teammates on our Sunday off.
Clean sweep for German giants

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Germany’s Max Hoff and Sebastian Brendel each completed the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup series with a 100% record in their respective events as the action concluded in Szeged, Hungary on Sunday 25 May.
Preview of the ‘minor World Championships’ World Cup in Szeged

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The competition on the Maty-ér regatta course where 54 nations have registered to race is going to be the last event of the World Cup Series of 2014: Szeged will be the capital city of international canoeing this weekend.
Tom Hall reflects on last weekend’s sprint World Cup in Racice

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Watching the world cup races two weeks ago in Milan and this weekend in Racice, reminded me of an anecdote a coach of mine would trot out when I would whine about training in bad conditions.
Czech Republic set for World’s Fastest Paddlers‏

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Racice in the Czech Republic is the destination for the world's fastest paddlers who are set to compete in the second ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup from the 16-19 May.
First serious test for the K4some at sprint World Cup Racice

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The second ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup gets underway on today and concludes on Sunday. More than 600 athletes from 40 countries will participate across 26 events in the small town of Racice in the Czech Republic.
Sprint athlete Hannah Davis Climbing Kilimanjaro for the Kids

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Australian Dual Olympic sprint kayaker, Hannah Davis, is replacing her kayak with hiking boots and her kayak paddle with walking poles, and is going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro! In June, Hannah will head to Tanzania, Africa, where she will trek to the top of Mt Kilimanjaro.
Highlights World Cup Canoe Sprint Milan

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It was a beautiful though bumpy weekend in Milan for the first sprint world cup of 2014. The first international race of the season is a chance for athletes and coaches to test how effective winter training was, try out new race plans and, of course, send a message to the competition.
World’s Fastest Paddlers Set For Milan

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Canoe sprint paddlers from every corner of the globe are descending on Milan, Italy for the first 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup of the season that will be contested from the 2-5 May.
Bridgitte Hartley ready for the first sprint World Cup in Milan

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After a challenging 2013, London Olympic bronze medallist Bridgitte Hartley is aiming for a strong start to 2014 in the first sprint World Cup event of the season in Milan. She has been in Europe since mid-April preparing to take on the world's best.
Ekaitz Saies: “The journey’s more important than the destination”

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Life lessons over a coffee with 2-time K1 4x200m World Champion Ekaitz Saies in his home-town San Sebastian, Spain.
Bridgitte Hartley looks forward after South African Sprint Nationals

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Natal Canoe Club star Bridgitte Hartley underlined her credentials as South Africa's leading sprint canoeist by dominating the South African National Championships at Nagle Dam outside Pietermaritzburg on the weekend.
Hartley stars at South African Sprint Champs

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Bridgitte Hartley starred at the South African Sprint Canoeing Championships on the weekend at Nagle Dam as the Olympic bronze medallist ticked all the boxes in her long term strategy aimed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Wrap 2014 South America Games

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The last day of competitions for Sprint Canoe on the 2014 South American Games was marked by rush disputes in all categories. The competition was held in Lake Cuarama, region of Valparaiso, and all of them competing on distances of 200 meters.
Christine Bain joins Australian sprint team set up

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Australian Canoeing today announced the appointment of Christine Bain to the position of AC Canoe Sprint Team Operations Manager based at the AIS National Training Centre on the Gold Coast.
Sprint legend Greg Barton interviewed by Clint Robinson

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One legend interviews the other legend. Clint Robinson interviews canoe sprint (and ocean racing) legend Greg Barton.
ICF to drop men’s K2 200m from Olympics

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The International Canoe Federation has voted to drop mens K2 (kayak pairs) 200m sprint racing from the Olympic programme to make way for a new women’s canoe event.
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.
Sportscene preview 2014 wildwater (downriver) season

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Although whitewater canoeing doesn’t get as much spotlight as it’s more known cousins – the Olympic disciplines of canoe slalom and sprint canoeing – canoeing fans still look forward to the most important competitions in this discipline. This year all eyes will be turned to Italy where ICF World Championships will take place.
Sportscene preview 2014 kayak sprint season

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The Canoe Sprint world is flying into the 2nd year of the Olympic cycle, and with only a year to go until the first round of Olympic qualifications, 2014 should be a pretty exciting season.
On the ergometer with 200 meter sprint specialist Petter Menning

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How do you make your canoeing training as effective as possible when you can't go out on the water? It's a question that's occupied a lot of minds in Europe this winter as the continent was repeatedly lashed by floods, high winds and freezing temperatures.
Interview with canoe sprint athlete Lydia Keefe Sampson

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Meet Lydia Keefe Sampson. Lydia grew up in Seattle, Washington surrounded by a brother and mother who paddled, and competed in Sprint Canoe and Kayak.
Sudan Olympic solidarity course canoe sprint for coaches

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The International Canoe Federation (ICF) and the Olympic Solidarity offered their third Sprint Canoe Coach’s course for Levels 1 and 2 this past December.
Rio Olympic kayakers’ pollution fears

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Olympic kayakers who dip their hands into the water in the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio before they start racing at the 2016 Olympic Games run the risk of contracting serious illnesses. And the tradition of some winning rowing crews of chucking their cox in the water after victory is also likely to be curtailed.
A life outside training IV. Baking bread with Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny

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Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny is a member of the Canadian Men’s Canoe Team, originating from Trois-Rivières, Quebec. In 2008, Beauchesne-Sevigny represented Canada at the Beijing Olympics as a one half of the Canadian Men’s C2 crew.
Špela Ponomarenko Janić and Benjamin Savšek - paddlers of the year Slovenia

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Competitors of the Canoe Federation of Slovenia had another excellent season in which they collected numerous medals at the most important competitions. They were successful in all disciplines and age categories.
A life outside training III. To the movies with Jenna Marks.

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Jenna Marks is a 23-year old canoeist and artist from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. She paddles for the Banook Canoe Club on Lake Banook and has won multiple gold medals in canoeing representing her club, her province and her country. Jenna recently graduated from NSCAD in Halifax, Nova Scotia majoring in filmmaking.