WOW 8 (April 5) - Australian Canoeing

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Olympic Team Meeting London bound canoe slalom trio Jessica Fox, Kynan Maley and Robin Jeffery travelled to the Gold Coast on Tuesday to join the canoe sprint paddlers for an Olympic Team Meeting where athletes, coaches and other staff discussed all things London related in preparation for this year’s Games. 2008 Olympic Triathlon gold medallist Emma Snowsill and fellow Beijing gold medallist, kayak star Ken Wallace were on hand to discuss their experiences with the Olympic prospects which will hopefully motivate them in their pursuit for a medal later this year. NZL Schools Champs 16 young talented canoe slalom paddlers arrived in New Zealand last week for the annual National Talent Squad (NTS) tour under the guidance of Coordinator Peter Eckhardt. The team competed at the first of two events, the New Zealand Schools Championships earlier in the week at Maruia river valley, with 15 year old WA paddler Brodie Crawford winning the boys kayak event ahead of Steven Lowther (WA) and Chris Fegan (VIC). Tasmania’s Kate Eckhardt finished second in the girls kayak behind New Zealand’s Deahna Shearer with Noemie Fox (NSW) rounded out the top three. For the slalom athletes, it provided them with the additional opportunity to try their hands in the sprint boats, with Fox joining K4 stars Jo Brigden-Jones and Lyndsie Fogarty for a K1 session (above) under the guidance of Sprint Head Coach Martin Marinov. WAIS paddlers Robin Jeffery and Kynan Maley utilised the world class gym facilities, and also took the opportunity to step in a sprint boat trying to avoid the army of bull sharks beneath the shadows. The Juniors also performed well with Ashley Hobbs and Tristan Carter medalling in both the C1 and K1 events, while in the senior girls Elsa Gales claimed the C1 silver. Starting tomorrow the team will compete at the New Zealand National Championships. Visit the NTS Slalom Official website for latest news and NZ Tour blog.
Scott Shipley - Olympic Slalom Course Designer Three-time Olympian and holder of four world titles, Scott Shipley of the USA was recently interviewed by the International Canoe Federation (ICF) about this year’s Olympic course design at Lee Valley. Shipley’s combined expertise in both Whitewater and Engineering Design has made him the go-to designer for some of the world’s most demanding whitewater design projects. He has been credited with driving innovation in the whitewater park industry by pushing the design envelope; his achievements in whitewater course design may just supersede his world titles and his accolade of America’s best ever slalom kayaker. What was the inspiration behind the design of the Lee Valley whitewater course? The real challenge of any Olympic design is to define the new standard for the next quadrennium. In some ways this involves taking the sport to the next level but it has to be a subtle transition. Athletes need to be challenged at the Olympics but the whitewater needs to be manageable in a way that the athletes can still have a dominating run. You need to up the standard to a level that the athletes can match - so that the champions can paddle like champions. Read full ICF interview here. Important Links <strong>Australian</strong> <strong>Canoeing</strong> - www.canoe.org.au Sprint/Slalom Team Information - www.team.canoe.org.au Latest sprint news articles published here - www.sprint.canoe.org.au Join Team AUS Facebook for live race updates and latest sprint/slalom news Contact Details Tom Collings High Performance Team Support tom.collings@canoe.org.au (02) 4729 0277 / 0439 364 683 Key Slalom Dates ICF World Cup 1 (8 (8-10 (8 10 June) Cardiff, Wales ICF World Cup 2 (15 (15-17 (15 17 June) Pau, France ICF World Cup 3 (22 (22-24 (22 24 June) La Seu d’Urgell, Spain ICF U23/JNR World Champs (11 (11-15 (11 15 July) Wausau, USA For Event info go to www.canoe.org.au Key Sprint Dates ICF World Cup 1 (18 (18-20 (18 20 May) Duisburg, Germany ICF World Cup 2 (25 (25-27 (25 27 May) Poznan, Poland ICF World Cup 3 (1 (1-3 (1 3 June) Moscow, Russia Olympic Games (6 (6-11 (6 11 August) London, United Kingdom
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