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Penrith Junior & U23 World Championship Race Analytics

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With a historic double for Australia’s Jessica Fox on her home water, the Junior & U23 World Championship provided the opening night of the ICF 2014 canoe slalom season.
ExtremeSlalom.com - It’s slalom, but not as we know it!

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Last year, some ‘old school’ slalom paddlers set out to redraw the slalom rules and create a new event that would be fun to race and easy to organize on rapids up to grade 5. This was their story. Whatever changes needed to be made, one central idea had to remain intact.
Ekaitz Saies: “The journey’s more important than the destination”

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Life lessons over a coffee with 2-time K1 4x200m World Champion Ekaitz Saies in his home-town San Sebastian, Spain.
Every Crushing Stroke - The Olympic Revolution, Part XI

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It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
Every Crushing Stroke - The Olympic Revolution, Part X

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It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
Legends: Richard Fox on the past, present and future

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Part 2 of our 'Legends' series, Sportscene's Nick interviews Richard Fox; Performance Director for Australian Canoeing and 10-time kayak slalom World Champion for Britain.
Interview with slalom athlete Ashley Nee - Part II

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Ashley Nee, 25 years old, began paddling slalom at the age of 10 with Valley Mill Camp. Ashley is a repeat member of the United States Junior and Senior slalom teams. Located in Bethesda, MD, Ashley lives with her dog Nepa, cat Farley, and her fiancé Ashley McEwan.
Games journalist questions slalom’s Olympic future

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Inside the Games, one of the top online publications covering the Olympic Movement, has questioned the financial sustainability of canoe slalom in the Olympic programme.
Interview with slalom athlete Ashley Nee - Part I

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Ashley Nee, 25 years old, began paddling slalom at the age of 10 with Valley Mill Camp. Ashley is repeat member of the United States Junior and Senior slalom teams. Located in Bethesda, MD, Ashley lives with her dog Nepa, cat Farley, and her fiancé Ashley McEwan.
Every Crushing Stroke - The Olympic Revolution, Part IX

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It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
Scotland, Canoe Slalom & the impact of independence

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Of Great Britain’s seven Olympic canoe slalom medals four have been from Scottish athletes. OK; albeit, with help from England’s Etienne Stott & Richard Hounslow! Indeed, at the Beijing Olympics all three Team GB canoe slalom athletes were from Scotland.
Al Ain - The new place on the white water world map

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A built up area in the middle of the Middle East desert with a modern centre for white water sports seems to be an idea from science fiction. Where else could this idea be realized, other than in the United Arab Emirates. There are famous buildings such as the Burj Khalifa, Burj Al Arab, The World - artificial islands, indoor ski centre and many other futuristic attractions.
Every Crushing Stroke - The Olympic Revolution, Part VIII

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It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
Every Crushing Stroke - The Olympic Revolution, Part VII

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It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
Sochi, snowboarder Shaun White, canoe slalom and extreme kayaking…

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I find slalom videos tend to bore me, no mountains, just artificial sites with blocks making features, sure there is a lot to be learnt from watching video but for pure interest and enjoyment its about white water, pushing the limits of paddling.
Nutron slalom paddle - the two piece concept - in three sizes

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Last summer Double Dutch introduced the Nutron to the market: A slalom paddle made of 2 pieces, instead of 3.
Sportscene preview 2014 canoe slalom season

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The 2013 all European ICF season spreads its wings in 2014 with the senior Worlds in Deep Creek, Maryland, USA and U23 & Junior World’s on the Penrith course in New South Wales, Australia during April.
Every Crushing Stroke - The Olympic Revolution, Part VI

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It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
Fox doubles up as Dawson spoils Australian party

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The 2014 Australian Open concludes following an exciting day of finals. Jessica Fox has continued her blistering form adding the K1W and C1W Australian Open titles to the National titles she recorded on Friday and Saturday.
Olympic Champion Baillie to retire from canoe slalom

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Tim Baillie, who with C2 partner Etienne Stott made history in the London 2012 Olympics by winning a first gold medal for GB in the sport of canoe slalom, has decided to retire from the sport. Best friends since teenagers and a highly popular team on the international circuit, the pair enjoyed one of sport’s longest running partnerships which spanned nine seasons.
Every Crushing Stroke - The Olympic Revolution, Part V

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It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
Every Crushing Stroke - The Olympic Revolution, Part IV

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It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
Interview with German slalom athlete Jasmin Schornberg

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27 Year-old Jasmin Schornberg from Germany, 2009 World Champion canoe slalom and 2012 Olympian, chats to Sportscene’s German correspondent Sabrina Barm.
Every Crushing Stroke - The Olympic Revolution, Part III

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It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
Every Crushing Stroke - The Olympic Revolution, Part II

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It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
Špela Ponomarenko Janić and Benjamin Savšek - paddlers of the year Slovenia

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Competitors of the Canoe Federation of Slovenia had another excellent season in which they collected numerous medals at the most important competitions. They were successful in all disciplines and age categories.
Every Crushing Stroke - The Olympic Revolution, Part I

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It's hard to explain in today's slalom terms, to people who know slalom as an Olympic sport, what our sport was like only ten years ago. We who were there are now "old- school"-we were kayakers before people knew what kayakers were.
A life outside training: Fabian Dörfler the racing driver

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Outside of training Germany's Fabian Dörfler is not only a trojan name in canoe slalom, he is an avid racing driver progressing quickly through the ranks.
C1 Women’s Canoe Events Proposed for Tokyo Olympics

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At the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Board of Directors meeting in Lima, Peru, motions were carried to support the inclusion of C1 Women Canoe Slalom and C1 Women 200m Canoe Sprint at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and to guarantee complete gender equity across both Olympic disciplines (Sprint and Slalom) by the 2024 Olympic Games.
The other British Open

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This is to celebrate the other British Open and in no way eclipsed by the bigger brother.
Ex-World Champion Fabien Lefèvre’s strange attitude towards his employees

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Fabien Lefèvre, the Pau kayaker who double-won the Worlds and medalled (twice) at the Olympic Games and owner of Paddler Equipment, has since stopped its operation; his employees received no such news.
Hannes Aigner takes the British Open title back to Germany

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The British Open is nothing new in the UK, for many years races were held on sites such as HPP, Llangollen’s Town Falls and now the site of the 2012 Olympics Lee Valley White Water Course.
Race report Brazilian Championships canoe slalom Foz do Iguaçu

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The Brazilian National Championships was a perfectly organized race in Foz do Iguaçu that looked much like a World Cup. With the exception of Cássio Petry in C1M the senior champions; Ana Sátila, Pepe (Pedro Henrique Gonçalves), Anderson Oliveira & Charles Correa, have all previously won the Brazilian National Championships.
Name the Deep Creek 2014 Mascot Challenge

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In anticipation of next year’s event in Garrett County, Deep Creek 2014 invites you to submit an entry in the Name the Deep Creek 2014 Mascot contest. To participate, “like” Deep Creek 2014 on Facebook, and then submit your entry as a comment or private message.
USA recaps their 2013 slalom season

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The year after an Olympics is always a season of transition. The U.S. Slalom Team headed into the 2013 season needing to replace four out of five members from its 2012 Olympic Team.
Protests over Tokyo 2020 canoe slalom course

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Protestors are trying to block the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games organisers from building a canoe slalom course in an historic city park.
An evening with the Brazilian Canoe Slalom Team

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In a little under three years we will have crowned new Olympic Champions in canoe slalom. I had the pleasure of following the exploits as well as sharing an evening with the Brazilian canoe slalom team. Here is their story.
Prague Worlds Canoe Slalom and 2013 Review

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The Prague 2013 Worlds were a worthy celebration of 100 years of Czech canoeing. The front of Monday’s local Prague papers showed a jubilant Vavřinec Hradilek in the water.
2020: canoe Tokyo, wrestling reinstated, Bach new IOC President

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At the 125th IOC session in Buenos Aires on Saturday night, it was announced that Tokyo would be the home of the 32nd Olympiad in 2020. Germany's Thomas Bach replaces Dr Jacques Rogge as IOC President and wrestling remains in the 2020 and 2024 Games.
Prague 2013 World Championships Canoe Slalom Preview

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We are at the culmination of an exciting year of racing at World Cup and continental championships. The Český svaz kanoistů celebrate 100 years of canoeing heritage (1913 – 2013) by hosting the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships for the third time (Lipno 1967, Troja 2006 & Troja 2013).
Major row between the International Canoe Federation and Rio 2016

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A major row has broken out between the International Canoe Federation and the organising committee of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after it proposed relocating the canoe slalom event 700 miles away from the Olympic host city to an existing course at Foz do Iguassu in the far south-west of Brazil.
ICF to quantify Olympic Canoe Slalom Course Investment‏

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Soon after INSIDE THE GAMES published the news that Rio 2016 considers moving the canoe slalom venue to a distant venue, the ICF distributed the following press release.
German-speaking Italians take top prizes at Italian Slalom Championships

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The 2013 Italian Canoe Slalom Championship will enter the history books; not only because it returned to the whitewater stadium in Mezzana, Val di Sole after a 7-year gap but also because the most anticipated titles were won by German-speaking athletes: Victories for Mayr and Horn, Molmenti missed out on the podium.
Preview Italian Slalom Nationals in Mezzana

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Twenty years after the 1993’s Worlds, Mezzana and Val di Sole (Trentino, in the heart of the Dolomites) are back on the scene with the Senior Italian Canoe Slalom Championships being held on Aug. 31st and Sept.1st on the rough waters of the Noce River in Mezzana.
Bratislava & overall 2013 World Cup series review

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The World Cup series final in Bratislava delivered some sensational fast runs in the final and new World Cup champions in each of the 5 classes. Congratulations.
Who will become the overall winners? Preview World Cup Final Bratislava

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We are at the last of the World Cup races already. How did that happen? The overall World Cup series in C1M, K1M and K1W is still wide open and will go down to the wire. We have all the top 10 athletes from this year’s World Cup race series so far in C1M and K1M.
Masterful performance by Peter Kauzer - Review of Tacen World Cup

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In my live tweets before Peter’s final run I said “Can Peter Kauzer deliver when it matters on his home course? #Tacen”. 9th place in recent races shows great consistency but isn’t up to Peter’s 2011 World Champion standard. He delivered emphatically with the only sub 100 second run time.
Golden girl Fox creates history

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19 year Jessica Fox has won K1 gold on a controversial final day of racing at the fourth ICF World Cup in Tacen, Slovenia. It was a historic moment for the young Australian who held her nerves to execute a clean run under enormous mental pressure to secure her maiden K1 World Cup triumph.
Tacen - One of the toughest and most unpredictable slalom courses in the World

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Tacen is always regarded as one of the toughest and most unpredictable courses in the World. We are back on the Sava river in the picturesque town in the foothills of the Smarna Gora Mountains for World Cup race 4.
Canoe slalom at the Torino World Masters Games

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The Masters Games are held every four years, attracting around 25 000 athletes aged from 35 to over 90, competing in 40 sports. Ivrea Canoe Club hosted the slalom event, where over 100 paddlers took part on 7 August.