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Semi-finalists of the 200 metres events in Győr are known

The last part of the canoe sprint competitions at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Győr, Hungary, is getting closer. On Saturday only the semi-finals and finals A and B in the 200 metres events are to be organised and it will be over. Today’s competition brought the names of the semi-finalists in the 200 metres events that remain in the game for the last sets of medals. In the 200 metres heats Hungarian and Slovak paddlers produced the best runs.

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Canoe Polo tournament of the World Games starts tomorrow

Seven teams – women’s and men’s – will compete this weekend at the canoe polo tournament within the World Games that are being held now in Wroclav, Poland. The World Games are an international multi-sport event, meant for sports, or disciplines or events within a sport, which are not contested in the Olympic Games. The World Games are held every four years, since their debut in 1981, one year after the Summer Olympic Games. Canoe Polo was first part of the World Games in 2005 in Duisburg, Germany.  

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Émilie Fer announced her retirement from competitive canoe slalom
27.7.2017

Émilie Fer announced her retirement from competitive canoe slalom

French Canoe Slalom paddler Émilie Fer, the 2012 Olympic Champion, recently announced her retirement from competitive canoe slalom. 34-year-old French paddler was the first French female kayaker to win Olympic gold medal in canoe slalom. 

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Serghei Tarnovschi loses his Olympic medal

It has almost been a year since the 2016 Rio Olympic Games where Serghei Tarnovschi from Moldova finished the men's C1 1000 metres event in the third place. He did not enjoy for long though as ICF has placed him under a provisional suspension after the pre-event test uncovered the presence of banned substance GHRP-2.

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Albert Woods OBE, “We’ve got a great sport”
27.7.2017

Albert Woods OBE, “We’ve got a great sport”

After the 2017 ECA Canoe Sprint and Paracanoeing European Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, we talked with Albert Woods OBE, president of the European Canoe Association. 

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