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Canoe Sprint events starting on 17 August: preview facts
RIO DE JANEIRO - Preview facts for canoe sprint events starting on Wednesday 17 August at Lagoa Stadium.
Men's canoe single 200m
LI Qiang (CHN) could give China its first gold medal in an individual canoe sprint event.
MENG Guanliang (CHN) and YANG Wenjun (CHN) are the only Chinese medallists in canoe sprint at the Olympic Games. They won gold in men's canoe double 500m at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.
LI finished second in this event at last year's world championships and at the World Cup events in
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Van Koeverden happy to allow changing of K1 Men 1000m guard
Decorated Canadian sprint canoeist Adam van Koeverden closed the door on his Olympic career in Rio on Tuesday, chuffed he had won his last ever race, and happy to be witnessing a changing of the guard in the men’s K1 1000.
34-year-old van Koeverden won the B final of the K1 1000, and walks away with the full collection of Olympic medals – a gold and bronze from Athens, and silver medals from Beijing and London.
“In one interpretation I got to win my last race, which is nice,” van Koeverden said.
“Sometimes the last chapter of a
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Canoeing family in mourning after tragic death of German coach Stefan Henze
The International canoeing community is shocked and deeply saddened by the death of Olympic silver medallist and German slalom coach Stefan Henze.
Henze succumbed on Monday to injuries he sustained in a car accident in Rio on Friday morning.
His family were beside him when he died.
German Canoe Federation President, Thomas Konietzko, said the death will leave an enormous hole in German canoeing.
“He was an Olympic silver medal winner, he was a coach,” Mr Konietzko said.
“With the bottom of his heart he worked to
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Spain's Walz glides through to take Gold in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO - Marcus WALZ (ESP) was a surprise winner in a day of tight racing at Lagoa Stadium on Tuesday.
Fernando PIMENTA (POR) set the early pace in the final of the men's kayak single 1000m, leading at the first two timing points. With 250m to go Murray STEWART (AUS) had moved into first place with Roman ANOSHKIN (RUS) in second.
STEWART and ANOSHKIN were then overtaken by WALZ and Josef DOSTAL (CZE), engaged in a battle in lanes seven and eight which was won by the 21-year-old Spaniard after DOSTAL tired in the closing
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Canoe sprint champions cruise through on blistering first day
RIO DE JANEIRO - Under a baking sun at the Lagoa Stadium the first canoe sprint races of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games got underway on Monday, with Olympic champions Sebastian BRENDEL (GER) and Lisa CARRINGTON (NZL) both progressing to their respective finals.
BRENDEL won his men's canoe single (C1) 1000m heat comfortably and CARRINGTON recorded the fastest semifinal time in the women's kayak single (K1) 200m.
London 2012 K1 200m silver medallist Inna OSIPENKO-RODOMSKA (AZE) was the second-fastest qualifier to Tuesday's final, but five-time Olympian Natasa DOUCHEV...Read more
Australian young guns gatecrash final at first Olympics
There’s a lot of hype and excitement surrounding an Olympics debut, but for Australian young guns Alyssa Bull and Alyce Burnett it’s all been a bit of a stroll in the park so far.
That’s not to say they aren’t pumped to be in Rio, because they most certainly are. But if you expected them to be a bundle of nerves then you’d be surprised.
Bull and Burnett, who already shocked many in Australia by qualifying for the K2 500, added another level to their meteoric rise on Monday when they qualified for Tuesday’s final.
It was an impressive performance from a...Read more
