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Sprint - ACA

    https://americancanoe.org/competition/teams/olympic-paralympic/sprint/
    With Slalom, Canoe/Kayak represents the 4 th largest Olympic sport with 16 events: 10 in Sprint and 6 in Slalom. Athletes are seated and use a paddle with a blade at each end in Kayak events while racing in one-person (K1), two-person …

Technique for Sprint Canoe & Kayak

    https://www.venturacanoekayak.org/about/sprint-canoe-kayak/technique-for-sprint-canoe-kayak/
    The Sprint Kayak Stroke Modern racing paddles are often referred to as being “wing” or “prop” paddles; the shape is similar to an aircraft wing or propeller and as it moves through the water, the shape creates more acceleration. With …

Racing Kayaks, fast and challenging, sprint or marathon

    https://www.purplepaddler.com/racing-kayak.html
    Racing Kayaks are a class of boat that are used primarily for flat water sprint and marathon, however the same boats are also used for descent racing (racing down rivers with varying degrees of big weirs and waves, particularly popular in …

Racing Kayaks | Paddling.com

    https://paddling.com/gear/kayaks/racing-fitness
    Sprint racing kayaks are long, flat, and designed to go fast and straight. Maneuverability is not a concern as you need only get from Point A to Point B. Marathon racing kayaks still need speed, but must also be able to turn. Sprint and marathon kayaks are very similar and sometimes interchangeable. If the course or race requires, you may opt for a boat that exchanges sheer …

Sprint: Canoe & Kayak - ACA - SUP - Raft - Rescue

    https://www.americancanoe.org/general/custom.asp?page=Sprint
    Olympic Flatwater Sprint Racing combines grace, power, fitness, exact paddling mechanics, and amazing mental strength in four distances - 200m, 500m, 1000m, and 5000 meters. First introduced in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, Canoe/Kayak Sprint became a full medal sport in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Canoe Sprint - ICF Canoe and Kayak Sprint

    https://www.canoeicf.com/disciplines/canoe-sprint
    Canoe sprint takes place on a flatwater course and races are contested by two types of boat, canoe (C) and kayak (K). In a canoe, the paddler competes in a striding position using a single-blade paddle, in contrast to the double-bladed paddle used in a sitting position in a kayak. At international level the discipline is competed at four distances from 200m to 5000m, both …

Sprint kayak - Wikipedia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_kayak
    Sprint kayak is a sport held on calm water (lakes, flatwater streams, etc. with little waves). The paddler is seated, facing forward, and uses a double-bladed paddle pulling the blade through the water on alternate sides to propel the boat forward. Kayak sprint has been in every summer Olympics since it debuted at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Sprint Kayak Stroke Analysis - YouTube

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8mKZOfJS1Y
    Analyzing the phases of the Sprint Kayak Stroke

Canoe Sprint Racing UK | Official site of the British …

    http://canoeracing.org.uk/sprint/
    British Canoeing has published the new Canoe Sprint Performance Strategy, which sets out the vision and ambitions for the sport over the next six years. British Canoeing and the sprint racing community have come together to determine the changes needed, in order to build a system which will deliver greater and more consistent success.

May | 2022 | Canoe Sprint Racing UK

    http://canoeracing.org.uk/sprint/2022/05/
    A tribute to James Smythe. 8 May 2022 National. Many of you will have known James Smythe, one of the stalwarts of canoe racing. James was the secretary of the Marathon Racing Committee and he died, too early, three weeks ago from cancer. Here is a tribute to James, copied from the Marathon Racing Committee website and, lower down, another ...

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