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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.
The organisation of the 2021 ECA Wildwater Canoeing European Championships was awarded to the Royal Spanish Canoe Federation and after the technical inspection of Manuela Gawehn, ECA’s Wildwater Canoeing technical delegate, the location of the next senior Wildwater Canoeing European Championships is confirmed. Sabero will welcome Europe’s best paddlers between 5 and 8 August 2021.
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The last chapter of the 2019 Wildwater Canoeing season was written in China where the final World Cup race of the year was organised. Many top level European paddlers travelled to Asia to take part in the competition and the majority of the medals that were awarded in Nu Jiang were won by Europeans.
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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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