30 July 2024
So how do they decide where to put all the gates on a Canoe Slalom course?
How do they make sure it’s not too hard, or too easy? How do they make sure the course is fair for both left and right handers?
And most importantly, who is actually designing the course?
In our latest “Inside Paris” podcast, we chat with slalom course designers Irati Goikoetxea and Sebastian Schubert, both former top level athletes who now dream up funky gate placements to torment (but mostly reward) the world’s best slalom athletes.
And they designed the course we are enjoying at Paris 2024.
You can listen to the podcast here.
