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The ICF Canoe Ocean Racing World Championships are an international event involving long distance surf ski ocean races. Races are divided into single-paddler (SS1) senior, junior and masters age-group categories. The Championships have been held every two years since debuting in 2013, then switched into being held annually since 2021. [1]
The 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held from 23 to 25 August 2024 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Since this edition was held in a year coinciding with the Olympics , only non-olympic events were held.
The race usually starts and ends at the same place, and includes portages. Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. In a kayak, the paddler is seated in the direction of travel, and uses a double-bladed paddle.
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today but is often used as a hypernym for both canoe marathon and canoe sprint.
Canoe marathon is a paddling sport in which athletes paddle a kayak (double-bladed paddle) or canoe (single-bladed paddle) over a long distance to the finish line. The International Canoe Federation states standard distance races are at least 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) without an upper limit, while short distance races are between 3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi), and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi). [1]
Canoe World Cup refers to a number of events organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF) across several disciplines: 1) Canoe Sprint World Cup, 2) Canoe Slalom World Cup, 3) Wildwater Canoeing World Cup and 4) Canoe Freestyle World Cup. The sub-disciplines were single canoe (C1), double canoe (C2), single kayak (K1) and squirt boating.
The 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held from 16 to 19 September 2021 in Copenhagen, Denmark. [1] [2] In a break with convention, these championships were held in an Olympic year as the COVID-19 pandemic forced a year-long postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic & Paralympic Games. [3]
The ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup is an annual series of races in canoe sprint and one of Canoe World Cup that held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. [1] [2] The winning country is determined based on the total scores of all events at all stages (plus World Championship scores). In the Olympic years, only the sum of the ...