The U.S. Olympic Committee announced basketball player Mercedes Russell (Springfield, Ore.) and freestyle kayaker Dane Jackson (Rock Island, Tenn.) as its June Athletes of the Month, while the men's tennis doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan (Wesley Chapel, Fla.) was awarded Team of the Month honors.
The 2011 International Canoe Federation Freestyle Kayak World Championships could be called Dane’s party, for US teen Dane Jackson who not only was the first and only person to ever compete in all four freestyle disciplines but also took top honors in three of the four and one bronze in the other. Highlights from today's finals.
When looking in the faces of the Organizing Committee members of the 2011 ICF Freestyle World Championships you will note a hint of relief. The final runs of all disciplines will be held on Saturday with good water level conditions.
European paddlers made inroads on the whitewater powerhouse that has been North America for the past few years during semifinal rounds were held here today during the International Canoe Federation Freestyle Kayak World Championships.
It was a night that was as unpredictable and tumultuous as the weather at the Men’s and Women’s Quarter-Final round of the 2011 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Championships.
Still no sign of relief for the Organizing Committee of the ICF Freestyle World Championships. Yesterday, the city authorities of Plattling had predicted a dramatic rise of the river Isar’s water level for end of the week up to a level of three meters.
The day has finally arrived when a woman has topped a man’s score in whitewater paddling. Claire O’Hara (GBR) scored 1950 in the Women’s Squirt class at the International Canoe Federation Canoe Freestyle World Championship preliminaries on Tuesday.
A possible rise of the river Isars water level end of the week is forcing the Organizing Committee of the ICF Freestyle World Championships to make precautious schedule changes.