Just as she does with her paddle and her kayak when negotiating a whitewater slalom course, Evy Leibfarth takes painstaking care to be precise with her words when navigating conversations about her ...

Flatwater and whitewater athletes will be ready to race across a combined 10 events at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Canoe slalom events will be held starting on Day 1, July 27th and will continue until ...

Kayak Cross, formerly known as Extreme Slalom, is mayhem. Kayakers bombard down strong currents, knocking other athletes out of the way while... Action-packed and heart-thumping, Kayak Cross makes its ...

VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Paris got a taste of kayak cross on Sunday, when the World Cup drew capacity crowds to witness the excitement of this extreme canoe slalom event in which ...

But on the Penrith rapids where the world slalom championships are being raced, someone else won the race insiders call ‘the lottery’’ and it left her heartbroken. A shattered Fox bowed out in the ...

March 13 (Reuters) - Canoe slalom athlete Luuka Jones will become New Zealand's third woman to compete at a fifth Olympics when she bids for a second medal at the Paris Games after overcoming a battle ...

Remember this name: Sam Sharp. Because this Asheville 17-year-old is going places in a boat and going fast. In less than five years Sharp has gone from fearing the kayak roll to confidently racing ...

Evy Leibfarth and three opponents sit in kayaks half-suspended off a 6-foot-high platform. In front of them, a ramp slopes sharply downward, reaching halfway to the rushing water below. A voice yells ...

Firefighters battled a fire at an inactive power plant in Bacliff. Flatwater and whitewater athletes will be ready to race across a combined 10 events at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Canoe slalom events ...

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 ...