Steve Harris to Lead GB Paracanoe Programme
Steve, who set up the Paracanoe performance programme in September 2011, has led it though a hugely successful 2012 season with the British team winning multiple medals at the World and European...
View ArticleHey speedracer. Can you popup a wheelie? 10 Things to never say to a person...
Spend a week or a decade in a wheelchair, chances are you’ll be asked some pretty crazy things. And I get why–people are uncomfortable around things that are different, especially wheelchairs. Even...
View ArticleParacanoe World Championships: Chippington dominates opening day in Duisburg
Great Britain dominate on the opening day with six medals as the Paracanoe events provide the first opportunity to step on the podium at the 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg.
View ArticleWorld Championships Paracanoeing decided in Duisburg
Experienced performers were pushed hard as competition for medals continues to intensify in Paracanoe at the 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg.
View ArticleGermany Secure their First Gold in Duisburg
Hosts claim their first Gold of the event as Tom Kierey (GER) overpowered a hugely experienced line-up in the K1 Men 200m Paracanoe LTA at the 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg.
View ArticleParaCanoeist Bob Balk receives highest Paralympic honor
U.S. Paralympics announced that that U.S. Paralympian Bob Balk, received the 2013 Paralympic Order from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the highest honor a person can receive the...
View ArticleUSACK’ 2013 Year in Review: ParaCanoe
With more than two years away from the Paralympic debut of ParaCanoe. Team USA is improving rapidly and has medals in mind for Rio 2016.
View Article#Neverstop - Russian supermodel stars in celebration of the Sochi 2014...
“What if?” is the question posed by Natalia Vodianova in #Neverstop, the inspirational film directed by the French filmmaker and artist Bruno Aveillan, released today to raise awareness for the...
View ArticleParacanoe athletes Selinger and Fernandes on new Paralympic era
Very excitingly, paracanoe sprint will feature at the Rio 2016 Paralympics Games for the first time ever! The cauldron at the London Paralympics may have been extinguished nearly five months ago, but...
View ArticleInterview with Paracanoeist Patrick Mahoney and Coach John Griffiths
Taking time out from his training, Sportscene was lucky enough to catch up with 2011 ICF Paracanoeist of the Year and World Champion two years ago, Patrick Mahoney, as well as having a quick chin-wag...
View ArticleTeam GB tops paracanoe medal table at Euros Portugal
What a couple of weeks it has been for GB; Fiona Pennie becomes K1W European Champion, Hannah Brown becomes Wildwater World Champion, Ben Brown finishes a superb fourth in the Marathon Euros and now...
View ArticleParacanoe’s great hope Fernando Fernandes sets out en route to Rio
Even if you don’t know Fernando Fernandes personally, you’re sure to know who he is.
View ArticleJono Wing and Bridgitte Hartley of to the Worlds in Moscow
London Olympic bronze medallist Bridgitte Hartley will fly the South African flag at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Moscow from 6 to 10 August. After a mixed start to the international...
View ArticleBest ever medal haul for GB Paracanoe team at Sprint European Championships
On a day when the flow of medals for the world’s most successful paracanoe nation never slowed, Britain finished its best ever Canoe Sprint European Championships in Brandenburg last weekend with...
View ArticleDuisburg City plans to renovate regatta course
The city wants to invest 7.3 million Euros, out of regional and state funds into the reconstruction and renovation of the training centre at the canoe race course. These repair works are urgently...
View ArticleSouth Africa Paracanoeing’s bright future comes to the fore
In 2016 at the Rio De Janeiro Games South Africa will have two paracanoeists – Jono Wing and Stuart Hogg – eyeing spots on the South African team that will travel to South America for the showpiece...
View ArticleParacanoeist Jeannette Chippington looking back to the Moscow worlds and...
By winning 2 golds at the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Moscow in August, Great Britain's Jeanette Chippington now has 8 world titles to her name. After a solid season she looks back on...
View ArticleInterview with Victoria Schwarz and Fernando Fernandes
Interview with sprint athletes Viktoria Schwarz from Austria and Fernando Fernandes from Brazil.
View Article„Paddling is perfect for us“
With Claus Wotruba, the kayak athletes Christian and Dominik Mathes from Regensburg talk about their big goal: the Paralympics 2016 in Rio. Christian Mathes is proud owner of a world cup bronze medal....
View ArticleAlana Nichols targets Paralympic gold in third sport (paracanoeing)
Alana Nichols, who has won gold medals at the summer and winter Paralympic Games, is targeting a unique place in sporting history by attempting to qualify for the US para-canoe team for the Rio 2016...
View ArticleFormer paracanoeist Christine Selinger celebrates 8 year ‘wheelieversary’
Christine is Canada's double V1W World Champion (2010 – LTA/TA/A combined, 2011 – LTA) who won a further 3 silvers and 3 bronze at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships from 2009 to 2012.
View ArticleRest In Peace - paracanoeist David “Rolfie” Rolfe
David was a 2000 Paralympic Games bronze medallist in swimming but it was canoeing that was his passion a decade on from his triumph at the Sydney Games.
View ArticleKayak events officially into 2016 Paralympic Games
The International Paralympic Committee has approved six Paracanoe kayak events for the 2016 Paralympic Games in the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
View ArticleNothing will stop McGrath from chasing his Rio dream
2014 was an amazing debut season for Curtis McGrath. He won gold in a record time in the V1 200 TA final at the ICF Paracanoe World Championships in Moscow.
View ArticleTom Kierey receives bronze medal due to doping offence other para canoe athlete
Kierey advances from rank four to rank three due to the doping offence of Yuriy Kikhayev from Ukraine at the previous world championships in Moscow. Initially, the athlete, who had started as...
View ArticlePara-kayaker Curtis McGrath aiming for Rio after Afghan IED incident
From the moment a bomb took Curtis McGrath's legs in Afghanistan two and a half years ago, he resolved to stand on top of the podium at next year's Rio Paralympics.
View ArticleBrazilian paracanoeists confirm two Rio 2016 slots
With seven medals at the Paracanoe World Championship in Milan and two newly-confirmed spots at the Paralympic Games; Team Brazil Paracanoeing have become serious contenders on the international scene.
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