Whitewater Stadium hosts the men’s canoe single (C1) and men’s kayak single (K1) slalom heats on Sunday. Watch the stream of canoe/kayak slalom heats beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET on NBCOlympics.com and ...

Canoe and kayak sprint racing made its Olympic debut as a demonstration sport in the 1924 Paris Games and became a medal sport for men only 12 years later. Women began competing in kayak sprint in ...

Hungary has the most total canoeing medals in Olympics history with 86: 28 gold, 31 silver and 27 bronze. Germany (34) and the Soviet Union (29), however, have more gold medals. All canoeing events ...

In slalom, a canoe is required to be a minimum of 3.5m long for C1 and 4.1m for C2 and competitors use single-blade paddles ...

On a sunny, 74 degree day in Rio de Janeiro, four Olympic champions were crowned in canoe/kayak sprint. Two reigning, two new. The crowd cheered as Sebastian Brendel pumped both of his fists in the ...

Kayak cross is one of the new events making an Olympic debut at the 2024 Paris Games, and it's one you'll want to see for yourself because it is absolutely chaotic. Part of the canoe slalom family of ...

Day 3 of canoe and kayak slalom heats at Whitewater Stadium featured men’s canoe double (C2) and women’s kayak single (K1) competition. Over 30 combined canoe/kayak slalom athletes raced in the heats.

Whitewater churns into foam as double-ended paddles windmill one-person boats into position. The paddles go up in the air as the boats slide through red or green gates, then the furious wind milling ...

Canoeists kneel in their boat and use a single-bladed paddle on one side at a time. Kayakers sit in their boat and use a double-bladed paddle. As an Olympic sport, “canoeing” includes both canoe and ...

Located in the heart of the Deodoro zone, Whitewater Stadium had a sell-out crowd in attendance for the canoe and kayak slalom heats during Day 2 of the Rio Olympics. Sunday afternoon’s slalom heats ...