New Zealand’s Lisa Carrington won two Olympic gold medals in little more than an hour at Tokyo 2020 here, and such was her dominance that it seemed both were inevitable.
Jiří Prskavec of the Czech Republic delivered a masterful display to clinch the Olympic men's K1 crown by more than three seconds at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here.
Australia's Jess Fox finally became an Olympic gold medallist as she triumphed in the first-ever women's canoe slalom competition held at the Games.
Germany’s Ricarda Funk chose the perfect stage to deliver the performance of a lifetime as she clinched her first Olympic gold medal with victory in the women’s K1 event at Tokyo 2020 today.
Benjamin Savšek stormed to victory in the men’s C1 canoe slalom competition here today, with Slovenia able to celebrate a maiden Olympic title in the discipline.
Australian Jessica Fox is aiming to become the first individual athlete to win two canoe slalom medals at the Olympic Games as she targets an unprecedented double here at Tokyo 2020.
Hungary claimed nearly more medals than all other nations combined at the European Canoe Association (ECA) Canoe Marathon European Championships, after four days of competition in Moscow in Russia.
Switzerland won two gold medals in extreme slalom on the final day of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Junior and Under-23 Canoe Slalom World Championships.
France claimed two of the four gold medals on the fifth day of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Junior and Under 23 Canoe Slalom World Championships in Ljubljana in Slovenia.
France’s Coline Charel won a shock gold in the women’s under-23 kayak on day four of the Junior and Under-23 Canoe Slalom World Championships, while Czech sisters Klara and Teresa Kneblova finished first and second in the junior women’s canoe final.
Slovakia qualified two athletes fastest and France and the Czech Republic continued their solid week with strong performances on the third day of the International Canoe Federation’s Junior and Under-23 Canoe Slalom World Championships at Ljubljana in Slovenia.
French paddlers Romane Prigent, Anatole Delassus and Tanguy Addison appear to be closing in on gold after producing impressive heat runs in hot conditions on the second day of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Junior and Under-23 Canoe Slalom World Championships at Ljubljana in Slovenia.
The Czech Republic bagged four gold and three silver medals in a dominant display in the team events on the opening day of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Junior and Under-23 Canoe Slalom World Championships in Slovenia.
Evy Leibfarth, Tokyo 2020-bound as a member of the United States team, is among the athletes set to take part at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Under-23 and Junior Canoe Slalom World Championships starting tomorrow in Slovenia.
South Africa earned a golden double at the International Canoe Federation's Ocean Racing World Championships in Lanzarote thanks to Michelle Burn and Nicolas Notten.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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