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 ...

Aug 18 (Gracenote) - Olympic canoe sprint men's k2 1000m final b result in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday. 1. Jorge Garcia/Reinier Torres (Cuba) 3 minutes 18.768 seconds 2. Arnaud Hybois/Etienne Hubert ...

Some familiar faces will be back in the waters of Lagao Rodrigo de Freitas as the medal race lineups in the men’s K1 200m, men’s C2 1000m, women’s K4 500m and men’s K4 1000m divisions are decided on ...

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 ...

Aug 16 (Gracenote) - Olympic canoe sprint men's k1 1000m final b result in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. 1. Adam Van Koeverden (Canada) 3 minutes 31.872 seconds 2. Balint Kopasz (Hungary) 3:32.392 3.

Canoeists kneel in their boat and use a single-bladed paddle on one side at a time. Kayakers sit in their boat and use a double-bladed paddle. As an Olympic sport, “canoeing” includes both canoe and ...