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Canoe / Kayak Slalom
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Updated: 2006-08-21 19:19
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?Olympic Sport since 1972
A whalebone and driftwood frame, with a sea-lion skin stretched tautly
over it and waterproofed with whale fat, hardly suggests a budding
Olympic sport. Yet the kayaks that meant life to the Inuits in the Arctic
for centuries have become the racing kayaks of the modern world - even if
the building materials have changed.
Czech Republic's Jaroslav Volf (R) and Ondrej Stepanek compete to win
the C2 men race at the ICF Canoe/Kayak Slalom Racing World Championships
2006 in Prague August 5, 2006. [Reuters]
The link was 19th century British barrister John MacGregor. He studied
the ancient kayaks, designed a similar boat and disappeared into the
rivers and lakes of Europe's wilderness to become a noted travel writer
of his time. When others copied his boat, he founded the Royal Canoe
Club, and canoe regattas began a year later in 1866.
The sport reached the Olympic Games in 1924. Almost half a century later,
in Munich in 1972, canoe/kayak branched out into the dramatic whitewater
version, the slalom.
COMPETITION
The slalom events, involving men's K1, C1 and C2 and women's K1 (denoting
one or two paddlers in a canoe or kayak), require the paddlers to
negotiate 20 to 25 gates in turbulent water over a 300-metre course.
Competitors aim to complete the course in the shortest time, factoring in
penalties.
Men
Women
C-1 (canoe single)
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C-2 (canoe double)?
K-1 (kayak single)
?K-1 (kayak single)
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