CANOE-KAYAK Preview: Fox still looking for first win as Slalom World Cup visits Tacen
The third of five legs in the 2019 ICF Slalom World Cup is being readied in Ljubljana (SLO), at the famed Tacen Whitewater Course....
CANOE-KAYAK: World Champion Anton masters difficult Slalom World Cup course in Bratislava
On a weekend when the already-difficult course in Bratislava (SVK) was tweaked to be even a little more challenging, the only star to master...
CANOE-KAYAK Preview: 10 Olympic or World Champs in second Slalom World Cup in Bratislava
There will be new winners in every Slalom World Cup race this weekend, as all of the winners from the Lee Valley (GBR) opener...
CANOE-KAYAK: British shine at 2012 Olympic site in 2019 World Cup opener
It was a happy reunion for British canoeing and the famed Lee Valley site that was the venue for the 2012 Olympic Slalom races...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Still more London doping, Gabe Grunewald passes and Sha’Carri Richardson goes...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXX Olympiad: London 2012 ● The International Olympic Committee...
CANOE-KAYAK Preview: Opening Slalom World Cup returns to London’s Olympic venue
The Canoe Slalom course at Lee Valley near London, site of the 2012 Olympic competition, welcomes back the first World Cup of the 2019...
CANOE-KAYAK: Hungary’s Balla and Takacs surprise Canada in women’s Sprint World Cup
Sometimes the most interesting races in a World Cup or other early-season race is how much improvement is obvious in specific boats.
At last year’s...
CANOE-KAYAK: Strong fields assembled for final 2019 World Cup in Duisberg
There are only two ICF Sprint World Cups in 2019, with this week’s program in Duisberg (GER) the final stage. While there have been...
CANOE/KAYAK: Carrington wins three in season-opening World Cup in Poland
If there was any doubt that Lisa Carrington’s continued dominance in kayak at age 29, forget it.
The New Zealander showed once again that she...
CANOEING Preview: Carrington headlines World Cup season opener in Poland
The first of two ICF World Cup Sprint events is underway in Poznan (POL), with a huge program of events continuing through Sunday. Thanks...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Hot distance running at the Payton Jordan Invite at Stanford
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● Sure, the Diamond League opener in Doha was spectacular, but...
CANOE-KAYAK: National champs sweep six of eight races at National Sprint Trials
The American Canoe Association, the national governing body for canoeing and kayaking in the U.S., held its 2019 National Team Trials on the Oklahoma...
CANOEING Preview: National Sprint and Slalom Trials set for Oklahoma City
The American Canoe Association is holding the U.S. National Team Trials this weekend in Oklahoma City, with competition in both Sprint and Slalom disciplines.
In...
LANE ONE: The strange case of rowing, Los Angeles and the 1932, 2012, 2016...
The International Olympic Committee has trumpeted the benefits of its Agenda 2020 reform program, one of the first initiatives undertaken by then-new IOC President...
CANOE-KAYAK: Fox shatters records with dual Slalom World titles
“It’s been the perfect season, the perfect world championships, I’m absolutely thrilled.”
She should be.
Australia’s Jessica Fox (pictured) re-wrote the record books with gold medals...
CANOE-KAYAK: Canada stars at Pan American Sprint Champs
Pan American Games qualifying and a full slate of continental championship events filled the Pan American Sprint Championships in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (CAN) last...
CANOE-KAYAK: Fox overcomes penalty for double seasonal titles
Australia’s Jessica Fox made the 2018 World Cup Slalom season all about her.
She started by winning both the C-1 and K-1 races in the...
CANOE-KAYAK Preview: Fox headlines Slalom World Cup final in Spain
The fifth and final World Cup in Canoe Slalom comes this weekend at the famed course at La Seu d’Urgell (ESP); the current standings:
∙...
CANOE-KAYAK: Tasiadis wins third Slalom World Cup; Kuhnle stops Fox’s streak
Germany’s Sideris Tasiadis won his third World Cup Slalom of the season, but Australia’s Jessica Fox suffered her first defeat of 2018.
Tasiadis won the...
DOPING: Asian Games, Jarrion Lawson, Canoeing champ, U.S. wrestler
Lots of activity in the doping sector, not only new positives, but also a promise of more pressure against sports with positives at the...
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