Canoe Slalom Categories

Rules for Canoe slalom by the IOC (International Olympic Committee). If the contestant’s paddle or body, boat contacted with the either pole of the gate, a time penalty of two seconds is added.

If the contestant misses a gate absolutely than put out of place it by more than 45 degrees and move throughout the gate reversed order or goes in the course of it in the upturned or may be a penalty is given for the 50 second. Only one penalty can be lay yourself open to on each gate and this will be in use as the highest 1.

Categories of the Olympic Medal events

C-1 Men single

C-2 Men double (may not be a mixed)

K-1 Men single

K-1 Women single

C-1 Women single will be included in the 2016 Olympics

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Canoe Slalom Rules

Each gate in Canoe Slalom containing one or two poles execution from a wire strung across the river. 

Even though at the present time there are more often near 18 than 25 of which 6-7 must be upstream opening numeral gates in an itinerary and they are highlighted as either downstream or upstream (red) representative the bearing they must be consulted. Upstream gates are often positioned in eddies where the water is flat or poignant to some extent upstream. Paddler eddies out from the major in progress and paddles upstream from side to side the gate.

 Most of the Canoe Slalom courses take 80 to 120 seconds too comprehensive for the best ever paddlers. Depend on the level of struggle complicatedness of the lessons measure of water instability and capability of the other paddlers times can go away up to 200 seconds. Each contestant has two runs on the lessons and the final result is foundations moreover on the more rapidly run in smaller races, lower partition race car the sum of the two runs in national and international contest. In international competitions like Olympic Games, World Cups and World Championships each contestant does two runs in the condition round the period are supplementary to give the qualification end result. 

The event 10 to 40 boats make it from side to side to the semi-final Depending on the number of participants in the game.  This consists of one run on poles apart classes of the Canoe Slalom. The fastest 10 boats per event make it from end to end to the final. They find the way the semi-final classes once more and times of semi-final and final run are supplementary to give the end result. Olympic Canoe Slalom Competitions are organized in Lee Valley White Water Centre Hertfordshire United Kingdom on Sunday 29 July 2012 at 13:30.Buy Olympic Canoe Slalom Tickets at Sport Ticket Exchange.

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Olympic Canoe Slalom introduction

Whitewater Slalom is also called Canoe slalom since November 2008 is a spirited sport where they aspire is to find the way a kayak through or decked canoe a course of hanging gates on river fast-moving water in the best time possible. 

It is one of the two canoeing and kayak disciplines at the Summer Olympics and is referred to by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) as Canoe slalom. The other Olympic canoeing regulation is canoe sprint. Olympic Tickets

There is also wild water a non-Olympic paddle sport. Whitewater slalom racing started in Europe in the 1940s by the International Canoe Federation (ICF) was shaped to administrate the sport. In 1949 the first World Championships were held in the Switzerland. The championships were held every odd-numbered year from 1949 to 1999 and since 2002 have been held annually in non-Summer Olympic years. From 1949 to 1963 Folding kayaks were used in the Canoe slalom and boats were made of fiberglass or nylon in the early 1960s. Boats were heavy frequently over 30 kilos. In the 1970s with the introduction of Kevlar and carbon fiber was used in the Canoe slalom. 

The widths of the boats were reduced by the International Canoe Federation and the boats were reduced in volume to pass the gates. Boats have become faster and much lighter. All World Championships were held in Europe from 1949 to 1977. In 1979 the first World Championship of the Canoe slalom held in North America was held at Jonquiere in Quebec, Canada.OlympicCanoe Slalom Tickets