The head-to-head competition provides exciting action with four paddlers going at it to get down the course the fastest. The format lends itself to chaos, creating a wide-open field with dark horses ...

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 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Things weren’t necessarily looking promising for Evy Leibfarth. “She had the 12th fastest time out of the semi finals so expectations were low,” said Mayor David Holt. The ...

PARIS, July 31 (Reuters) - Of the 12,000 or so spectators who watched Jessica Fox win her second slalom gold of the Paris Games on Wednesday, few are better placed to critique her performance than her ...

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 ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Jane Nicholas from the Cook Islands paddled into history on Wednesday, becoming the first woman to compete in an Olympic canoe slalom event as the sport and the Games move closer to ...

Evy Leibfarth is no longer "that teenage paddling phenom." Now please refer to the 17-year-old as "Evy the Olympian," and more accurately, "history-making Olympian." Leibfarth swept the women's ...

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 ...