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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.
The 2023 Canoe Slalom edition of the Olympic Hopes will be held between 6th and 8th October 2023 in Roudnice nad Labem, Czechia.
Read moreFollowing the Canoe Slalom at the European Games Krakow-Malopolska 2023, the Kolna Sports Centre hosted another major canoe slalom competition of the year. This time it was junior and U23 paddlers who navigated through the gates on the Vistula River and fought for the World Champion titles.
Read moreThe 2023 ECA Open Canoe Slalom European Cup race series has come to an end. Eight venues welcomed athletes at the ICF ranking races and those races were also considered as ECA Open Canoe Slalom European Cups.
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