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Paddler DAWSON (NZL) finds that mum knows best
RIO DE JANEIRO - New Zealand paddler Mike DAWSON is hoping his second Olympic Games will be less of a family affair than his first, when his father protested his mother's awarding of a time penalty for touching a gate.
"At London 2012 I had quite a unique experience as my mum was a judge and she happened to give me a two-second penalty," DAWSON said after training at the Whitewater Stadium in Deodoro X-Park.
"I touched the pole with the back of my life jacket so I didn't think I had actually touched it. My dad, Les, who was my team manager and coach, protested that touch...Read more
Nigeria's sole paddler had to leave his coach and kayak behind
RIO DE JANEIRO - Nigeria's first and only Olympic paddler Johnathan AKINYEMI (NGR) is in no doubt about his priorities after leaving his boat and father-turned-coach stranded in Frankfurt Airport on his way to Rio 2016.
“I felt a little bit guilty about abandoning my dad,” AKINYEMI said after training at the Whitewater Stadium. “But I have to say I missed the kayak more."
All three components of the Nigerian canoe slalom team had spent an anxious 36 hours in the German hub after a delayed flight from their home airport of Manchester meant a missed...Read more
DAWSON (NZL), JONES (NZL), New Zealand coach WALSH (GBR)
RIO DE JANEIRO - Comments from canoe slalom paddlers Mike DAWSON (NZL) and Luuka JONES (NZL) and New Zealand coach Campbell WALSH (GBR) at a press conference at the Main Press Centre on Tuesday.
Mike DAWSON (NZL)
On why wind makes canoe slalom difficult:
"When it gets windy it's probably the only weather condition that it's hard to compete in slalom. It just adds a whole other dimension of variability to the run."
Luuka JONES (NZL)
On the course at Whitewater Stadium:...Read more
Canoeing Removes Five Russian Athletes from Rio 2016 Olympic Games
The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has taken swift action to remove five Russian Canoe Sprint athletes from the Rio Olympic Games following the release of additional information naming those implicated by the McLaren Report.
In each case the ICF will impose an immediate suspension pending further investigation making the offending athletes ineligible to compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
There are 27 cases from the 25 Canoe Sprint athletes named in report, 11 have already been sanctioned.
Simon Toulson, ICF
Reallocation of Olympic Canoe Sprint Places
This is a rundown of the reallocation process for Rio 2016 Olympic Canoe Sprint places following suspensions for Romanian and Belarusian athletes.
All reallocations are applied to the races that the quota was originally allocated; in all cases for Romanian and Belarus athletes qualified through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan, Italy.
Romanian K4 Men 1000m out (Trian Neagu, Catalin Turceag, Daniel Burciu, Petrus Gavrila)
Germany K4 1000m Men was the next to qualify but they turned down place which then moved to the Italian K4 Men...Read more
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