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Wildwater Canoeing
In Wildwater Racing events, the paddlers have to race their rudderless craft down a river, in the fastest time possible. Competitoin involves Classic races, which can be up to half an hour in duration, and the spectator-friendly Sprint, which is usually 400m to 800 m in length, where each run lasts just a few exciting minutes.
There are single kayak (K1) events for men and women, and canoe events, in single (C1) and double boats (C2) for both men and women. There are also team events.
Croatian canoeing mourns the loss of Dubravko Mataković - Čiči who passed away at the age of 77 after a long illness. He was the first Croatian wildwater paddler who participated at the Olympic Games. In 1972 Olympic Games in Munich he finished 25th in men’s K1.
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The 2019 ICF Wildwater Sprint Canoeing World Championships in La Seu d’Urgell ended with a big celebration of French national team. Out of 30 medals that were awarded at the championships they have won 12 medals, five of them gold. Czech Republic picked up ten medals.
Read moreThe 2019 ECA Junior Wildwater Canoeing European Cup race series lead young competitors to North Macedonia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Italy and Czech Republic. At the end of the season paddlers from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Slovenia and Czech Republic celebrated the overall standing titles.
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