Canoe Sprint Olympic Monday: preview facts
RIO DE JANEIRO - Preview facts for the four canoe sprint events - C1 1000m, K1 200m, K1 1000m, K2 500 - which start on Monday 15 August at Lagoa Stadium.
Men's C1 1000m
Sebastian BRENDEL (GER) hopes to become the second athlete to win multiple gold medals in the men's C1 1000m.
Josef HOLECEK (TCH) is the only athlete to have won multiple gold medals in the men's C1 1000m, as he won in 1948 and 1952.
Since his victory at the London 2012 Olympic Games, BRENDEL has won 16 of the 18 major races in which he
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Rio 2016 daily canoe slalom blog index
Here is a quick reference index back to the 28 posts making up this daily Rio 2016 canoe slalom blog in chronological order.
Welcome to the Rio Olympic Canoe Slalom blog
Rio 2016 Olympic Games Canoe Slalom Qualification
Spectators guide to the X-Park Deodoro whitewater centre
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Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Canoe Sprint: preview facts
RIO DE JANEIRO - Hungary can extend its run of winning a gold medal in canoe sprint in each of the last seven Olympic Games when competition begins on Monday 15 August at Lagoa Stadium.
The last time Hungary failed to win gold medal was at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games when it did not participate.
The last time Hungary failed to win a gold medal in canoe sprint when it did participate was at the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games. Hungary won three silver and five bronze medals.
Germany has the second-longest active gold medal
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Douchev-Janic back in beloved kayak again after surgery
RIO DE JANEIRO - In a career that has now spanned five Olympic Games, Natasa DOUCHEV-JANIC (HUN) has made comebacks her speciality.
DOUCHEV-JANIC won two gold medals at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and a gold and two silvers at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
She went on to take silver in the K2 500m and bronze in the K1 200m events in London, after giving birth to her daughter Milana in September 2011.
But now DOUCHEV-JANIC is making comeback No.2 following surgery for a back injury in January 2014. Rio 2016 is her fifth
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Recognising a true team effort
This is the last daily blog post in this series. It rightly recognises the incredible service of those who have invested the last few years of their lives to pull off the greatest canoe slalom show on earth. You should now all be incredibly proud.
We have a terrific world class venue. A first rate Olympic canoe slalom event was delivered on time with passion by all. The quality of competition was thrilling in each class. There have been hundreds of people behind the scenes at the venue on race days, in addition to the 2016 test event. Many worked full-time for...Read more
Canoe slalom now to Tokyo 2020
Well, that was fun. What’s next? For now, a look at the remaining 2016 World Cup series, 2017 World Championships and beyond.
The canoe slalom season for 2016 is not quite done yet. We have the ECA Junior & U23 European Championships in Solkan, Slovenia later this month. There are still two remaining races in the 2016 ICF World Cup series in September. Race 4 is in Prague and the final race is in Tacen, Slovakia.
The ICF will continue to bring you news through these races and I will be tweeting results through the World Cup races.
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Florence rules out retirement as partner Hounslow looks for silver lining
RIO DE JANEIRO - David FLORENCE (GBR) dismissed all talk of retirement after becoming the first canoe slalom paddler to win three Olympic Games silver medals on Thursday.
FLORENCE, 34, and Richard HOUNSLOW (GBR) repeated their second-place finish from the London 2012 Olympic Games as Slovak cousins Peter SKANTAR (SVK) and Ladislav SKANTAR (SVK) claimed gold in what could be the final running of the men's C2 event at an Olympics.
"I am still loving canoeing," FLORENCE said. "It's a shame that it looks likely C2 will be not with us in
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New Zealand sprint kayakers comfortable with Rio chop
It's caused havoc with the rowers but New Zealand's canoe sprinters aren't worried about the Rio de Janeiro weather ahead of their Olympic race campaign.
World champion Lisa Carrington and fellow K1 paddler Marty McDowell will hit the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon first on Monday night (NZ time), followed by the women's K4 of Jaimee Lovett, Kayla Imrie, Aimee Fisher and Caitlin Ryan later in the week.
The lagoon has been the centre of mayhem in the rowing, with a number of crews sinking and the wind and chop causing two days of postponements and...Read more
Perseverance is key for Chourraut as Spain collects first K1 gold
RIO DE JANEIRO - Maialen CHOURRAUT (ESP) blew away the rest of the women's K1 field at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to win the first canoe slalom gold medal for Spain on Thursday, 20 years and three Olympics after first taking up the sport.
CHOURRAUT showed all of her experience and stamina to clock a time more than three seconds quicker than Luuka JONES (NZL) in silver and the event favourite Jessica FOX (AUS) in bronze at the Whitewater Stadium.
"I have been working every day, taking it step-by-step to get to this point of winning the Olympic gold medal," the...Read more
Swashbuckling Czechs roll out of medal contention
For 22 gates the enthusiastic Rio crowd had whooped and hollered in appreciation as the Czech Republic C2 team of Marek Sindler and Jonas Kaspar sizzled down the course at breakneck speed.
All the time comparisons were looking good. Sindler and Kaspar were ahead of the clock, and looked certain to finish on the podium, possibly with a gold.
But then it all went badly wrong. Pivoting out of gate 22, and looking to snatch every available millisecond they could, the canoe went over. Upside down.
The crowd gasped, realising a likely medal had gone wanting.
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