Blog posts
Enveloped in heartache, Germany makes canoe polo history
The tears were real, and they flowed freely when the German men’s team broke through to win the 2018 ICF Canoe Polo World Championships in Welland, Canada, in August.
The emotions weren’t confined to the men’s team. There was barely a dry eye in the house, among a crowd who knew the journey the players had been on to get to the top of the podium.
On the eve of the 2018 World Championships, Fiete Junge, a popular member of the German men’s team, died from a sudden illness. He was just 26-years-old.
It devastated the international canoe polo community and...Read more
What does the Fox say? Bring on Tokyo 2020!
There were lots of incredible moments during the 2018 ICF canoe slalom season, lots of pulsating moments, bundles of headline-grabbing moments – but when the dust settled and the last of the water pumps was turned off, one athlete stood taller than all others – Jessica Fox.
Superlatives that hardly do justice to the slalom season delivered by the 24-year-old Australian have been coming thick and fast, but not as thick and fast as the number of titles the two-time Olympic medallist notched up in a paddling frenzy that left world-class opponents floundering in her wake...Read more
2017 - THE ICF's YEAR IN REVIEW
According to the script, the year following an Olympic Games is meant to be an opportunity for everyone - athletes, officials, supporters - to catch their breath. But 2017, the post-Rio 2016 season, never went to script for the International Canoe Federation.
World Championships in seven different disciplines, World Cups, and competitions in almost every corner of the globe - it was a year to remember for everyone involved. So here is a review of the main events of 2017!
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Paracanoe
There was a real buzz among our Paracanoe athletes this year, one year after the sport made its Paralympic debut in Rio.
Almost all of our Rio athletes were back in action, and there was no sign of a post-Games hangover with many of our gold medallists backing up with world championship gold medals in Racice.
There was more great news for our paracanoe community late in the season, with the announcement three new disciplines will be added to the next Paralympics in Tokyo.
Rio Paralympic gold medallists Jeanette Chippington, Emma Wiggs, Curtis McGrath and...Read more
Canoe Polo
The highlight of the 2017 season for the ICF Canoe Polo community was undoubtedly the World Games in Wroclaw, Poland – a World Championships in the discipline in all but name, and dominated once again by the teams from Germany.
Seven of the world’s best teams, both men’s and women’s, took part. In previous years it was a six-team competition, but an extra position was added for 2017.
It meant the top five countries in the men’s and women’s from the 2016 World Championships were all invited to attend, along with the host nation. The seventh team was the highest...Read more
