Tag: olympic canoeing
Fouhy, Carrington, Ferguson make Kiwi 2012 team
May 3rd, 2012, Comments Off
New Zealand has announced its team for the London Olympic Games with Ben Fouhy in K1 1,000 and Lisa Carrington in the women’s events as part of a five-strong group due to leave for Europe next week. . World champion Lisa Carrington will race the K1 200 as well as K2 500 with Erin Taylor [...]
Britain books five slalom places at Games
April 25th, 2012, Comments Off
Britain will have five canoe slalom entrants at the Games this summer after the British Olympic Association confirmed places for David Florence, Richard Hounslow, Tim Baillie, Etienne Stott and Lizzie Neave. The five won their places following selection events at Lee Valley slalom course last weekend. The selections are just the first step, however. Jurg [...]
Worst canoe headline of the week?
April 21st, 2012, Comments Off
Canoe believe it? Back to sub-editing school for you, whoever you are. The Daily Mail, in an effort to get a pun into every headline has come up with this, er, oar-ful effort. “Shock and oar: Top canoeist Florence inspired by Hoy’s peddle power.” Still, at least the Daily Mail is writing about canoeing (and [...]
It’s all over for Germany’s canoe champ Fischer
April 20th, 2012, Comments Off
Eight-time Olympic canoeing champion Birgit Fischer has abandoned plans for a comeback this year. The German canoeist, 50, was hoping to make it back to the team for London and had been back in training for some months. However, her doctors detected a heart irregularity and it’s been diagnosed as inflammation of the heart muscle. [...]
Olympic fan or Olympic canoeist, past or present?
April 18th, 2012, Comments Off
The International Olympic Committee has launched an online facility where you can follow Olympic athletes on social media and know the people you’re following are who they say they are. If you’re a past Olympic canoeist and want to register yourself or want to follow your favourite Olympic paddlers, this is the place to go. The [...]
Latest Planet Canoe magazine is out
April 18th, 2012, Comments Off
The International Canoe Federation has published the latest edition of its official magazine, Planet Canoe. It’s a great read and well worth a look. The Olympic edition is available online. It has news and features on some of the key athletes who may be racing in London (press deadlines being what they are, there’s a [...]
NZ’s Ferguson and Fitzgerald target K2 1,000m
April 17th, 2012, Comments Off
Steven Ferguson, son of New Zealand canoeing legend Ian, and his partner Darryl Fitzgerald are about to fly to Europe to begin their campaign for a medal in the K2 1,000 metres, an event they believe is “wide open”. Ferguson, a relative veteran at 31, is still a year younger than his father was when [...]
GB performance chief rebuffs canoe critics
April 16th, 2012, Comments Off
Critics have suggested that the selection policy for parts of the GB Olympic sprint canoe team are a “tragedy”. However, the national performance director for British canoeing, John Anderson, insists that the team of sprint and slalom athletes which Britain fields in London will be one of the strongest Olympic canoe teams ever. In an interview [...]
Olympic canoe trials coverage
April 13th, 2012, Comments Off
It’s the run-up to Olympic selections and, for once, canoeing is in the headlines. Here’s a selection of news and features articles that have appeared over the last day or two: Metro: Anna Hemmings, ex world champion, on what to expect at Nottingham Daily Express: Brabants eyes Olympic glory for Team GB Clitheroe Advertiser and [...]
Cracknell’s second canoe trip ends in a swim
April 12th, 2012, Comments Off
Oh dear. Well, it’s not been a great week for former rowers in canoes. Olympians Ben Hunt-Davis, Sarah Winckless and Sir Steve Redgrave all pulled out of the Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race at the weekend. Now James Cracknell, who had much better luck on DW with a solid finish in 2009, has had a [...]
