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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.
Canoeing stalwart, Tom Egan, will receive nationwide recognition for his dedicated work with Salmon Leap Canoe Club this week, as he has been awarded the Kildare award at the virtual 2020 Federation of Irish Sport Volunteers in Sport awards.
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The European Olympic Committees (EOC) is pleased to announce the first three sports that have been officially confirmed from the previously announced provisional list of sports, that will make up a comprehensive and varied sports programme, including a number of Olympic Sports, for the European Games Kraków-Małopolska 2023.
Read moreBritish Canoe Slalomer Kimberely Woods has been among the world's best paddlers in women's canoe and kayak for the past few years. Among other she celebrated individual European Champion titles in C1 in 2015 and 2017. But behind the success there was struggle.
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