Halifax, Canada is ready to stage the International Canoe Federation Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships. 

Races will take place from July 1 to 5 with the next generation of Canoe Sprint talent poised to star on Canadian waters. 

Here is a list of notable facts and figures for the World Championships in Halifax. 

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642 – athletes will take to the Canadian course. 

54 – countries will participate at the World Championships. 

188 – races will be contested over five days of competition. 

3 – is the number of junior world titles won by Canada’s Isabel Lowry at last year’s edition in Montemor-o-Velho. 

41 – Canadian paddlers will seek to make their mark on home waters. 

14 – years old is the age of the youngest paddler competing in Halifax with Italy’s Margherita Tessarin born in August 2011. 

44 – medal events will be on the programme with 22 in junior and 22 in U23. 

52 – athletes will represent Hungary which has arrived with the biggest team in Halifax. 

5 – continents will be represented. 

Full coverage of the ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships can be viewed on the Planet Canoe YouTube channel.

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