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2019-03-15

ICF announces hosts of 2024 Olympic qualifying events

[canoeicf] Duisburg in Germany and Lee Valley in Great Britain have been announced as the hosts of important canoeing world championships which will also double as Olympic selection events for Paris 2024. The International Canoe Federation board announced in Beijing on Friday that Duisburg would host the... >>

2019-02-27

Important rule changes announced ahead of 2019 season

[canoeicf] The 2019 international canoe season is shaping as a blockbuster, with eight separate world championships, as well as Olympic and Paralympic qualifiers. Several changes have been introduced ahead of the 2019 season, which federations, teams and athletes should familiarise themselves with. Some... >>

2019-02-14

ICF and Elio Kayaks announce exciting partnership deal

[canoeicf] The International Canoe Federation and Elio Kayaks are excited to announce the signing of a two-year partnership which will provide a tremendous boost to the sport around the world. Under the deal, Elio Kayaks will donate boats and provide financial support for the ICF’s important development... >>

2019-02-11

Nixon and Rice take ocean racing season opener in Lanzarote

[canoeicf] South Africa’s Sean Rice and Hayley Nixon have won the opening ICF Ocean Racing event for the 2019 season, the Atlantic Ocean Surf Ski Open off Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. Nixon, the reigning ICF ocean racing world champion, and Rice, the 2013 world champion, beat a quality field in good... >>

2018-12-04

Prize money and world ranking set to take ocean racing to new level

[canoeicf] Canoe ocean racing is the first discipline within the ICF to have mandatory prize money, a world ranking for the World Championship participants, and an official Masters World Championships. The sweeping changes to the Ocean Racing international program were accepted at the recent ICF Congress,... >>

2018-11-26

ICF congress voice support for stand up paddling campaign

[canoeicf] The congress of the International Canoe Federation has voted unanimously to continue to fight for the right to oversee stand up paddling following a successful meeting in Budapest, Hungary. Congress was told several countries had expressed a strong desire to host an ICF SUP World Championships in... >>

2018-11-16

Canoeing South Africa prepares to fight massive funding cuts

[canoeicf] Canoeing South Africa is appealing to the national government to relook at its funding model to national federations as High Performance and development programmes continue to be slashed to deal with drastic cuts in funding from the national Department of Sport and Recreation and the National... >>

2018-11-01

Recent triumphs highlight success of ICF development programme

[canoeicf] The gold medal won by Terence Saramandif from Mauritius at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games put smiles on the faces of a lot of people, including those within the International Canoe Federation responsible for the development of canoeing around the world. Saramandif is a graduate of the ICF’s Talent... >>

2018-10-29

Koper Cup in ocean racing and SUP scheduled for November

[canoeicf] For all ocean racers and stand up paddlers - details of the International Cup of Koper race, downwind categories, in Slovenia next month. The race will be held in a window of 2 days, Saturday, November 17, 2018 or Sunday, November 18, 2018 - depending on the best downwind conditions. The exact... >>

2018-10-25

Olympians aim to conquer Kwanza River to raise awareness of pollution

[canoeicf] In early 2018 the International Canoe Federation began a partnership with Cleanseas.org, building a relationship with the IOC and the UN Environmental department to help raise awareness of the catastrophic problem of single use plastic in the waterways around the world. The ICF is excited to... >>