Mallory Franklin (GBR) pleased the crowd in Lee Valley by winning the first Gold Medal for Great Britain in C1 Women after a fantastic final run. She crushed her final run with no penalties and cruised to a resounding victory in this first World Cup of the 2014 season. And in front of her home crowd! […]
¡Felicidades y Parabéns Women’s C1 200 competitors in the 2014 South American Games. This was the first time women’s canoe was included in the South American Games. 5 countries participated with new countries Peru and Argentina on the line. Ecuador’s Anggie Avegno wins the Gold by a hair over Chile’s Nancy Millan Valdés. Brazil’s Valdenice […]
See the nearly 1300 comments which were included in our petition for Olympic inclusion. 2014 Feb changeorg comments Almost 6800 signatures. https://www.change.org/petitions/lift-the-ban-on-women-s-canoeing-at-the-olympics-for-rio-2016 We so appreciate everyone’s support!
The Royal Canoe Club reports that in November 2013 the Intl Canoe Federation voted to drop the men’s sprint K2 (2 person kayak) & men’s slalom C2 (2 person canoe) events to make room for women’s sprint & slalom C1 (singles canoe) events for Tokyo 2020. The ICF never publicly announced this, though they did […]
