C2: Competitors rest on one knee, use one single-bladed paddle and the canoe is 6.5m long weighing at least 20kg. Deriving from ski slalom, canoe/kayak slalom is held on a steep, man-made course of ...

In the new Olympic sport of Kayak Cross the rules are quite simple. Four kayakers position themselves side-by-side on a platform about 15 feet above an artificially-made whitewater slalom course.

Part of the canoe slalom family of events, which was previously just four games at the Olympics -- two each for the women and men -- the respective kayak cross events will expand it to six games.

She also put herself in position to make history at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she can become the most decorated person in Olympic canoe slalom history if she picks up two or more medals. She was ...

Evy Leibfarth, United States: The 20-year-old Leibfarth will be the first American woman to compete in three whitewater events; canoe slalom, kayak slalom and kayak cross. She finished 18th in ...

VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France — Evy Leibfarth made a few "mistakes" in her kayak slalom semifinal race Sunday at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, but in failing to make the finals in her first ...

PARIS — Evy Leibfarth barely made it into the finals of the women’s canoe slalom, but she was faster than nearly every other racer once she got there. Leibfarth won Team USA’s first canoe ...

I covered the semifinals and finals in one of those Sunday — the women's single kayak slalom — and it was pretty awesome. Team USA racer Evy Leibfarth, a 20-year-old from North Carolina ...

The second half of the 2025 ICF Spring World Ranking Series Canoe Slalom & Kayak Cross competition will run from March 28-30 here in the Oklahoma City Boathouse District. The event will be free to ...

The 20-year-old went into the canoe slalom finals as the lowest seed, but as the saying goes, “that’s why you play the game.” The underdog ended up shocking the world, earning herself a ...

Evy Leibfarth, United States: The 20-year-old Leibfarth will be the first American woman to compete in three whitewater events; canoe slalom, kayak slalom and kayak cross. She finished 18th in ...