In the canoe/kayak sprint events, a total of 12 gold medals per gender are up for grabs. Athletes sprint to the finish in a straight, calm water (flatwater) course to achieve the shortest time ...

PARIS, Aug 6 8Reuters) - New Zealand's five-times Olympic champion Lisa Carrington got a winning start but Denmark's world champions Emma Jorgensen and Frederikke Matthiesen were knocked out as canoe ...

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 ...

Sometime before she races across Tokyo Bay, American teenager Nevin Harrison will likely paddle her canoe to a quiet spot and have a good cry. Harrison’s pre-race tears are a pressure-valve release, ...

Here’s everything you need to know about watching the 2016 Rio Olympics Canoe and Kayak Sprint events for Wednesday, August 17. The 2016 Rio Olympics canoe and kayak sprint events continue Wednesday, ...

It was a big day for sprint canoeing. The Vaires-Sur-Marne Nautical Stadium hosted three finals today, 8 August. Gold in the men’s double canoe went to China and New Zealand took the title in the ...

It was a big day for sprint canoeing. The Vaires-Sur-Marne Nautical Stadium hosted three finals today, 8 August. Gold in the men’s double canoe went to China and New Zealand took the title in the ...

Nevin Harrison, a 17-year-old from Seattle, became the first American to earn a world championships medal in a sprint canoe event, and it happened to be gold, surprising herself in the 200m in Szeged, ...

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 05: Nevin Harrison of Team United States competes during the Women’s Canoe Single 200m Semi-final 2 on day thirteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Sea Forest Waterway on ...