In slalom, a canoe is required to be a minimum of 3.5m long for C1 and 4.1m for C2 and competitors use single-blade paddles and kayaks must be a minimum 3.5m long and competitors use double-blade ...

Hungary has the most total canoeing medals in Olympics history with 86: 28 gold, 31 silver and 27 bronze. Germany (34) and the Soviet Union (29), however, have more gold medals. All canoeing events ...

Editor’s note: With the Olympics in full swing, we asked Seattle Times reporting intern Kristen Gowdy to get the full experience on some of the sports being played in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

Whitewater Stadium hosts the men’s canoe single (C1) and men’s kayak single (K1) slalom heats on Sunday. Watch the stream of canoe/kayak slalom heats beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET on NBCOlympics.com and ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – RIVERSPORT in Oklahoma City has announced the 2024 Olympic Team Trials for Canoe/Kayak Slalom and Kayak Cross. Top canoe slalom athletes from across America will gather to ...

Day 3 of canoe and kayak slalom heats at Whitewater Stadium featured men’s canoe double (C2) and women’s kayak single (K1) competition. Over 30 combined canoe/kayak slalom athletes raced in the heats.

Canoeists kneel in their boat and use a single-bladed paddle on one side at a time. Kayakers sit in their boat and use a double-bladed paddle. As an Olympic sport, “canoeing” includes both canoe and ...

Located in the heart of the Deodoro zone, Whitewater Stadium had a sell-out crowd in attendance for the canoe and kayak slalom heats during Day 2 of the Rio Olympics. Sunday afternoon’s slalom heats ...