Organisers of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games are making good progress in preparing venues for canoe sprint and slalom but there is “a lot” still to do. International Canoe Federation secretary-general Simon Toulson was in Rio recently to review progress.…
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ICF confirms marathon rules shake-up
The latest set of International Canoe Federation rules for marathon racing have been published. As we predicted back in November, there have been a number of changes following experiences gained at major marathon events in the past 12-18 months. The ICF…
Tagged with: canoe marathon, ICF, International Canoe Federation, kayak marathon
Posted in Events, Olympic Canoeing
Posted in Events, Olympic Canoeing
The force behind women’s canoeing
We came across Pam Boteler’s website recently and some great photos which illustrate the growing depth in women’s canoeing (that’s canoeing as opposed to kayaking). Pam, incidentally, has just sent out this link to an article on women’s canoeing by…
Tagged with: Abby Hoffman, International Canoe Federation, international olympic committee, Pam Boteler, richard fox, women's canoeing
Posted in Olympic Canoeing
Posted in Olympic Canoeing
Canoeing makes Olympic cut-off: now for the women…
Updated 13 February with voting details. The International Canoe Federation tweeted the news somewhat excitedly: ”So the International Olympic Committee has confirmed that Canoeing will be on the Olympic Programme for 2020 and 2024!!!” In fact, while canoeing was not thought…
Tagged with: gender equality, International Canoe Federation, sportscene, women's canoeing
Posted in Olympic Canoeing
Posted in Olympic Canoeing
Jobs in canoeing, kayaking available
If you’re looking for a job in canoeing, Global Sports Jobs has quite a few going at the moment. Check out the direct link here. The BCU is advertising several roles. It’s looking for three regional coaching development officers. There…
Tagged with: BCU, British Canoe Union, ICF, International Canoe Federation, situations vacant
Posted in Classifieds
Posted in Classifieds
