In the canoe/kayak sprint events, a total of 12 gold medals per gender are up for grabs. Athletes sprint to the finish in a straight, calm water (flatwater) course to achieve the shortest time ...

The competition begins Monday. By Greg Barton Greg Barton, the president of Epic Kayaks Inc., in Charleston, South Carolina, won two gold medals in sprint kayaking at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul ...

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 ...

Scott Mutchler pulled off a rare feat in May when he landed a 600-pound black marlin from a kayak while fishing in ... photo and a vivid painting of that epic moment to help immortalize the ...

The Vail Valley Foundation announced in a March 27 press release that the Kayak Cross will replace the 8-ball kayak sprint and the YETI Speed Camp will join its growing list of climbing competitions.

MONTREAL - Olympic medallist Katie Vincent will lead Canada’s canoe/kayak sprint team at the Paris Games this summer. Canoe Kayak Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced Canada’s ...