The race to the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 has officially begun and now fans can follow every twist and turn.
The International Canoe Federation has unveiled a new Olympic Ranking dashboard for Canoe Sprint, offering a live window into the battle for qualification.
With Paracanoe and Canoe Slalom set to join soon, the platform promises to bring the entire paddle sport world closer to the action.
The dashboard is designed to make the journey to LA28 easy to follow, with fans able to track rankings, explore athlete performances, and discover detailed results across competitions.
Click here to see the Olympic Ranking dashboard
The launch comes just days before Szeged, Hungary hosts the opening ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup of the season from May 8 to 10, where the intensity is set to rise even further.
At the heart of the Olympic qualification system for Canoe Sprint are 10 separate rankings, one for each event on the LA28 programme.
Points are awarded to National Olympic Committees (NOCs), with the format designed to fuel rivalries and maintain fierce competition throughout the qualification period.
Each nation can count up to eight results per ranking, but they must come from eight different competitions.
To ensure global diversity, no more than six results can come from the same continent, pushing teams to perform on the world stage.
China has set the early pace, dominating all 10 Olympic events at the Asian Canoe Sprint Championships.
The event in Hefei, China was the first to be counted towards the Olympic Ranking, launching the road to the Games.
Uzbekistan sit second in half of the events, while South Korea, Kazakhstan, and Vietnam have all made strong starts, collecting crucial early points.
In total, 236 quota places are up for grabs in Canoe Sprint, including four reserved for the host nation.
The Olympic Ranking system will be the primary pathway, awarding 162 spots – split evenly between men and women – while another 72 places will be decided through continental qualifiers.
“I’m excited to see our new Olympic qualification system come to life with this dashboard,” said Toshi Furuya, Chair of the ICF Canoe Sprint Committee.
“With points now on the line at every event, the intensity is ramping up. The Asian Championships gave us a glimpse. Now all eyes turn to Szeged for the first ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup.”
Khush Ramesh, Head of Sport Information and Digital Innovation for the ICF, said: “The dashboard brings everything together.
“It tracks the performance of the athletes and the points they accumulated through the various events held and calculates the provisional quota table based on the various rules as outlined in the Olympic Qualification Pathway document.
“Additionally, you can look up the performance of our member federations and each individual athlete if they’ve competed in one or more event.
“To keep things simple, we’ve implemented a global search functionality that allows you to quickly find what you’re looking for.”
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