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The great paddling team ballsport
Canoe Polo is a spectacular team game, which combines elements of water polo, basketball and canoeing! The game is played by two teams of five players each, trying to score goals with a waterpolo ball in a net suspended above the water at each end of a "playing pitch", which is often a swimming pool. The fast, exciting game is played in two halves of ten minutes each, and produces fast, robust action, where a wide range of skills, including the Eskimo roll, are regularly used.
The paddlers use short, manoeuvrable polo-boat kayaks, paddled with two-bladed paddles and wear helmets, facemasks and lifejackets for safety and protection.
Istanbul hosted the European Para Youth Games (EPYG), and paracanoeists took the opportunity to present their discipline.
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The final day of the 2025 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships in Solkan, Slovenia, delivered intense battles in both individual kayak cross and kayak cross events, with eight more sets of medals awarded. Victories went to Spain, Czechia, Germany, France, and two remained on home soil in Slovenia.
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The penultimate day of the 2025 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom European Championships in Solkan, Slovenia, delivered another round of thrilling races among young canoe slalom athletes. Saturday’s events, featuring canoe finals, brought victories for Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia and France.
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