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 ...

In the new Olympic sport of Kayak Cross the rules are quite simple. Four kayakers position themselves side-by-side on a platform about 15 feet above an artificially-made whitewater slalom course. They ...

In slalom, a canoe is required to be a minimum of 3.5m long for C1 and 4.1m for C2 and competitors use single-blade paddles ...

Canoe and kayak sprint racing made its Olympic debut as a demonstration sport in the 1924 Paris Games and became a medal sport for men only 12 years later. Women began competing in kayak sprint in ...

The event is new at the Games this year and it will feature plenty of barrel-rolling action on the water. Plus, Stephen Nedoroscik and Simone Biles compete for more medals. It’s Day 8 of the Olympics, ...

Splash, bang, wallop! The bangs and wallops are as inevitable as all the splashing in an event where chaos reigns and kayakers are prone to lose a tooth or two. When the IOC added kayak cross – ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the Games, head to our latest updates. MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In the new Olympic sport of Kayak Cross the rules are quite simple ...