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Flash Quotes: Canoe Slalom: ESTANGUET (FRA)
RIO DE JANEIRO - Comments from retired men's C1 triple Olympic Games gold medallist and Rio 2016 race jury member Tony ESTANGUET (FRA) as high winds at Whitewater Stadium caused a one-hour delay to the start of the canoe slalom competition on Sunday.
Tony ESTANGUET (FRA)
On how the high winds can affect racing conditions:
"This is the most difficult thing for athletes because it is a precision sport so for sure we can deal with rain, we can deal with poor temperatures but the wind is really unpredictable and that is very...Read more
Kayak (K1) Men: preview facts
RIO DE JANEIRO - Jiri PRSKAVEC (CZE) will aim to give Czech Republic its first gold medal in a men's canoe slalom event, as he participates in the kayak (K1) men's competition which starts on 7 August at Whitewater Stadium.
- Jiri PRSKAVEC (CZE) is the current world and European champion and he can give Czech Republic its first gold medal in the men's K1.
- Vavrinec HRADILEK (CZE) claimed Czech Republic's only medal so far in this event as he grabbed silver at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
- The only athlete representing Czech Republic ...Read more
Canoe Single (C1) Men: preview facts
RIO DE JANEIRO - David FLORENCE (GBR) hopes to become the first British winner of the canoe single (C1) men's event, when the competition begins on Sunday, 7 August at Whitewater Stadium.
- Current world champion FLORENCE will try to become the first athlete from Great Britain to win the canoe single (C1) men's event at the Olympic Games.
- FLORENCE already claimed silver in this event at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Only three athletes claimed multiple Olympic medals in men's C1: Michal MARTIKAN (SVK, G2-S2-B1), Tony ESTANGUET (FRA, G3) and ...Read more
Canoe slalom: preview facts
RIO DE JANEIRO - David FLORENCE (GBR) will attempt to become the first athlete to win two gold medals in canoe slalom at a single Olympic Games when the competition begins on Sunday 7 August at Whitewater Stadium.
- FLORENCE will participate in both the canoe single (C1) men and and canoe double (C2) men and will try to become the first athlete to claim a medal in multiple events at a single Olympic Games.
- FLORENCE has already won silver in both events, but at different Olympic Games - C1 at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and C2 in London 2012.
- France ...Read more
FOX (AUS) ready to pounce as canoe slalom enters new era
RIO DE JANEIRO - Jessica FOX (AUS) and Lucien DELFOUR will lead an Australian challenge to the established European order when the Rio 2016 Olympic Games canoe slalom competition begins at Whitewater Stadium on Sunday 7 August.
With several of the sport's celebrated names having either retired after London 2012 or failed to qualify for Rio 2016, there could be a shift in the balance of power in a sport which has been dominated by Slovakia, France and Germany since it re-entered the Olympic programme in 1992.
FOX, who won K1 silver in London...Read more
Estanguet Elected as Vice-Chair for IOC Athletes Commission
Tony Estanguet (FRA) has been elected as the Vice-Chair of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Athletes Commission following a joint meeting between the IOC Executive Board and Athletes Commission on the 1st August.
Estanguet, who is a three-time Canoe Slalom Olympic Champion, has had a meteoric rise in the world of sport administration after bowing out of competition with gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The 38-year-old was elected as an IOC Athletes Commission member in 2013 and currently sits on two other commissions
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