France won three golds and Italy and the Czech Republic took two each on the final day of the International Canoe Federation Junior and Under-23 Wildwater Canoeing World Championships at Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Another two individual gold medals for Czech Martina Satkova and a golden double for Italy’s Cecilia Panato were the highlights on the penultimate day of competition at the ICF Junior and Under-23 Wildwater Canoe World Championships in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Martina Satkova won two individual golds and her Czech Republic team mates added five more on the second day of the International Canoe Federation Junior and Under-23 Wildwater Canoe World Championships in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzogovina.
France had three fastest qualifiers for the individual sprint finals on day one of the International Canoe Federation Junior and Under-23 Wildwater World Championships in Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The 2019 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Junior and Under-23 Wildwater World Championships are due to begin in Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina tomorrow, marking the first of four days of action.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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The coronavirus pandemic forced a near global shutdown of sport across the world, but sports governing bodies have staged successful events despite the COVID-19 crisis. Mike Rowbottom speaks to those who have been able to do so.
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