Canoe sprint
Troubled waters at other venue make Brisbane plan ‘critical’, say athletes
Australia only has one purpose-built whitewater facility for paddle sports. Those sports are determined to use Brisbane 2032 to deliver another.
- Cameron Atfield
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Against the tide: How two Australian men in their 60s and 70s qualified a boat for Paris
Veteran club paddlers Nick Hocking and Colin Calderwood played a unique role in the formation of fields for the Olympic canoe sprint competition.
- Chris Barrett
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Australia’s Olympic team hit by first selection controversy
A canoe sprinter who secured a quota spot for Paris 2024 is the first known athlete to give notice of his intention to appeal against his non-selection for the Games.
- Adam Pengilly
‘Just one piece of a puzzle’: McGrath creates history with double gold in canoeing
Former Afghanistan solider Curtis McGrath is the first canoe sprint athlete to win two gold medals at the same Paralympic Games.
- Tom Decent
More glory up for grabs as McGrath bags back-to-back gold
The para-canoe athlete streaked away in the kayak single 200m KL2 final, and has another shot at gold on Saturday.
- Tom Decent
‘It’s been tough to focus’: McGrath’s mind on Afghanistan after Taliban takeover
Australian Paralympic canoe athlete Curtis McGrath lost both legs in Afghanistan after stepping on an explosive device and admits his mind has been elsewhere following his first hit-out on Thursday.
- Tom Decent and Scott Spits
Mixed success for Australia in canoe sprint heats
The Australian men and women’s K4 500m teams have qualified for Saturday’s semi-finals while the C2 women failed.
- Amelia McGuire
‘It’s beautiful, I love it’: Australia win first gold in Olympic men’s K2
Jean van der Westhuyzen and Thomas Green are Olympic gold medalists after winning the final of the K2 1000m final.
- Amelia McGuire
Carrington gives a paddling as Kiwi star completes kayak double
There was little joy for Australia on the water but the Kiwis were in raptures as Lisa Carrington won her third-straight K1 200m gold, then went back for more.
- Phil Lutton
This paddler watched his idol win Beijing gold. Now he’s set to be coached by him into an Olympic final
Tom Green was fixated with Ken Wallace’s feats in Beijing, and he’s calling on all of his idol’s experience to help him to a first canoe sprint Olympic final.
- Adam Pengilly
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