Introduction
During the Board of Directors meeting in Budapest, April 2023, the need to revise the Olympic Qualification Systems was highlighted with the aim of simplification and increasing the number of competition events included. It was proposed to establish a working group and bring the recommendations to the ExCo in March/April 2024.
Members of the working group:
- Lluis Rabaneda
- Richard Pettit
- Toshi Furuya
- Jean-Michel Prono
- John Edwards
- Bridgitte Hartley
- Maree Burnett
- Charles Luckman
- Jovana Stanojevic
- Péter Kárai
ICF official news about the process can be found here.
Publish first draft version of the Canoe Sprint World Ranking update and NF feedback collection form | 30 November |
Collect feedbacks from National Federations | 15 December |
Working Group Meeting | Until 12 January |
CSP and CSL Committee to review document | 19 January |
Publish updated Canoe Sprint World Ranking rules | End of January |
Working Group Meetings | February |
Second round of inclusion: collecting feedback from the National Federations | March |
New Olympic Qualification system proposal to Board of Directors | April 2024 |
Canoe Sprint World Ranking update
The Working Group already went through a series of conversations and discussed ideas brought forward by the members of the group. Please find here the links to materials that provided the basis for developing the current version:
The version that is considered as the first draft update version of the Canoe Sprint World Ranking and to be shared with the National Federations is the following:
All National Federations are invited to submit their comments and thoughts about the proposal via THIS SURVEY. Please fill and share your point of view by 15 December 2023 in order to allow the Working Group to incorporate your ideas in the final version of the updated World Ranking.