ICF - Canoe Slalom

Canoe Slalom

Results

Slovak Open	Live Results	Event Website
European Championships	Live Results	Event Website

What is Canoe Slalom?

: Zoom; Navigating the gates at La Seu d'Urgell

In Canoe Slalom, paddlers must navigate their canoe or kayak through pairs of poles, which are called gates. The course of gates is set up over challenging rapids, waves, eddies and currents on a 300m stretch of whitewater. If the paddler touches a pole or misses a gate altogether then penalty seconds are added to their timed run (2 seconds for touching a pole, 50 seconds for missing a gate).

There are Kayak events, for men and women, in single (K1) boats, and Canoe events in single (C1) and for men in double (C2) boats. Traditionally Canoe has been exclusively for Men but there is a growing Women’s contingent and Women’s C1 is in the World Championship programme from 2010.

In the team events, three boats start together and the athletes decide who leads and who follows. The three boats (K1, C1 or C2) follow each other and negotiate the gates in the quickest succession as possible. The time of the run is recorded as the last boat crosses the finish line.