In slalom, a canoe is required to be a minimum of 3.5m long for C1 and 4.1m for C2 and competitors use single-blade paddles ...

Defending Olympic champions Jessica Fox of Australia and Jiri Prskavec of Czechia both safely made the semifinals in their respective heats on a hot afternoon of canoe slalom at the Vaires-sur-Marne ...

Hungary has the most total canoeing medals in Olympics history with 86: 28 gold, 31 silver and 27 bronze. Germany (34) and the Soviet Union (29), however, have more gold medals. All canoeing events ...

VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France — One of the trepidations I had about going to the Olympics was that I'd be thrust into a whole bunch of new sports that I've had little to no experience covering (or even, in ...

When the Olympics return to Los Angeles in 2028, they’ll be the closest they’ve ever been to DFW. That’s because LA 28 is doing something different. Two sports will compete in Oklahoma City. This ...

World champion and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Jiri Prskavek of the Czech Republic completed his set of accomplishments Friday with a gold medal in the men's kayak slalom. Paddling last on the ...

In the new Olympic sport of Kayak Cross the rules are quite simple. Four kayakers position themselves side-by-side on a platform about 15 feet above an artificially-made whitewater slalom course. They ...