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Jesús 'Suso' Morlán (1966 – 2018)
11.11.2018

Jesús 'Suso' Morlán (1966 – 2018)

Spanish canoeing community is in a shock after the death of Jesús 'Suso' Morlán who died after a battle with cancer at the age of 52. He is most known as a coach of five times Olympic medallist David Cal. In the past years Jesús 'Suso' Morlán worked as a coach of Brazilian canoe sprint team and guided Brazilian athletes to three Olympic medals at the 2016 Games.

 

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Saul Craviotto and his three pillars
3.11.2018

Saul Craviotto and his three pillars

Two times Olympic Champion Saul Craviotto met canoeing coaches and fans at congress in Catoira as a last presenter of the weekend. In the opening words he pointed out it is nice to be among those who know him by his primary passion – as a kayaker – and not by him being winner of celebrity MasterChef show which gave him superstar status in Spain.

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Alexandr Nikonorov -
28.10.2018

Alexandr Nikonorov - "We still have to learn and improve"

The last day of the seventh edition of International Congress for Canoeing Coaches in Catoira, Spain, brought another group of interesting presenters. James Train, Xabi Etxaniz, Alexandr Nikonorov, Maialen Chourraut and Saul Craviotto shared their experiences and knowledge with around 300 atendees of the congress which brought together canoeing coaches from European countries as well as atendees from United States of America, New Zealand, South America ...

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Jose Luis Garcia Soidan pointed out the importance of sleep
27.10.2018

Jose Luis Garcia Soidan pointed out the importance of sleep

The second day of the International Congress of Canoeing Coaches in Spanish town Catoira brought interesting presentations dealing with canoe sprint and canoe slalom training processes, presentations of innovations to help analyze the trainings as well as presentations connected with athlete's health. 

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Olympic champion Yurii Cheban shared his beginnings and 2016 Rio drama
26.10.2018

Olympic champion Yurii Cheban shared his beginnings and 2016 Rio drama

The 2018 edition of the International Congress of Canoeing Coaches in Catoira, Spain, brought the seventh congress for canoe sprint coaches and the inaugural edition of the congress for canoe slalom coaches which was run simultaneousely. Around 300 atendees were able to hear experienced coaches and to end the day with a style also an Olympic champion Yurii Cheban from Ukraine.

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