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Precision and speed on the wild water
In Slalom Racing, paddlers have to navigate the kayak or canoe through pairs of poles, called "gates", set up over the challenging rapids, waves, eddies and currents on a 300m stretch of rough water. If the paddler touches one of the poles, or misses a gate altogether, penalty times are added to the time achieved by the competitor on that run. They are single kayak (K) events, for men and women, and canoe events, also for men and women, in single (C1) and double boats (C2). There are also team events.
This discipline made its appearance in the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 and then had to wait until 1992 to be reinstated to the Olympic programme.
Slovak Canoeing mourns the death of Ing. Jan Stachera, former athlete, coach and official, who passed away at the age of 82. He was also the chairman of the Kayak Club Zvolen.
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International Canoe Federation celebrates 100 years since its foundation in 2024, and they took an opportunity to celebrate the jubilee during the congress held in Antalya, Turkiye. Amonmg those who were honoured are the first president of the ECA Albert Woods OBE and former ECA vice-president Jaroslav Pollert.
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International canoe slalom community mourns the death of Jürg Götz (1959 – 2024), former canoe slalom athlete, coach and performance director. In his post athlete career he helped athletes on their road to winning Olympic medals and medals at other major international competitions through six Olympic cycles.
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