The Paris Olympics programme will be spiced up by the addition of head-to-head races in the kayak cross event, an all-action, exhilarating discipline that will be making its Olympic Games debut this summer. The fast-paced, whitewater sport combines elements of traditional kayak racing with the strategic and physical challenges of a head-to-head competition with four athletes racing down a whitewater course while navigating through a series of obstacles and complete a 360-degree boat roll to top it all off. 

The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has confirmed the allocation of all Canoe Slalom quotas for the Paris Olympic Games. The Canoe Slalom eventswill begin on 27 July at 15:00 at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.

Fernando Dayan Jorge Enriquez, a sprint canoe champion who fled Cuba two years ago, is training and working to prepare for his participation in the refugee team. He won gold at Tokyo 2020. He then moved to the United States, where he competed and was invited to Paris 2024. His life is an adventure.

The 2024 ECA Canoe Sprint, Paracanoe and SUP European Championships in Szeged, Hungary, saw the host nation dominate the canoe sprint, while Ukraine excelled in the paracanoe events.

No surprises on the second day of the ECA Canoe Sprint European Championships in Szeged. The favorites, for whom these championships are a final test before the Olympic Games in Paris, have all come out unscathed.

The ECA European Championships in canoe sprint, paracanoe and stand-up paddling (SUP) begin in Szeged on Wednesday. Hungary. For many European canoeists, it is the last test before the Olympic Summer Games in Paris.

The European Championships will be held in Olympic and non-Olympic disciplines. Athletes from 36 countries will compete for a total of 29 titles until Sunday 16 June.

While European canoeists are currently fighting for the European Championship titles in Szeged, the New Zealand National Olympic Committee (NZOC) has presented part of its canoe team for Paris 2024.

Spain, Germany and France in the men's category and France, Australia and Great Britain in the women's category have secured their tickets to the Olympic Games. The final event of the International Canoe Federation's World Cup was held in Prague on Sunday. The names of the selected paddlers will now be decided by the national federations.

Slovenian teenager Žiga Lin Hočevar won the 2024 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championship title in men's canoe, while Germany's Andrea Herzog did the same in women's canoe.

Klaudia Zwolińska (POL) and Giovanni De Gennaro (ITA) claimed the individual European Championships titles, while host nation Slovenia took gold in the women's team event and the Czech Republic gold in the men's team event.

Last August, the Slovenian canoeing community saw its most famous kayak centre, Tacen, washed away by the devastating floods that hit Slovenia. Now, just nine months later, the venue awaits the 2024 ICF I Feel Slovenia Canoe Slalom European Championships from 15-19 May.

Selma Konijn and Ruth Vorsselman ended the 32-year-old drought by storming to victory in the women's K2 500 in Szeged and qualifying for Paris 2024, as well as Poland and four neutral athletes.

A number of hosts have been approved by the International Canoe Federation (ICF) to host World Cups and World Championships in eight of the ten International Canoe Federation disciplines from 2026 to 2028.

The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has praised the sustainability of the Canoe Slalom venue used during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after it hosted the Pan American qualifier for Paris 2024.

The 2024 European Canoe Association (ECA) Ocean Racing European Championships in Portugal will be held in the Azores from 11-14 April, as a prelude to the big event of the World Championships in Madeira in October. The archipelago is located 1500 km from the capital Lisbon.