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What's Next for Women's Canoe?
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BREAKING NEWS: ICF Announces 2010 World Championships Changes.Women's CANOE SPRINT C1 200 - OFFICIAL EVENT for Junior and Senior Worlds. C2 500 remains "exhibition" for Senior Worlds. Sprint World Cups can follow the new World Championship programme (Opens door for Womens Canoe Sprint). CANOE SLALOM added Women’s C1 individual & team events to the World Championships - full medal status (Junior & Senior).
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August 2009: The first-ever - historic - Pre-Worlds Development Camp for Women's Canoe was amazing. Orenda Canoe Club and the Lake Echo community were incredible. The Coaching, food, host families for athletes, Nelo, Canoe '09 organizers and everyone involved with the Camp helped women from 7 countries raise their Canoeing Game. ICF officials visited the Camp. This "Team" of Women in Canoe will continue on as a Global Team for Equity long past this Camp and Senior Canoe Sprint World Championships. We will "Realize the Dream - 2016!"
- July/August 2009 Read Article - Women’s Canoe Will Shine in 2009: Sisters of the Single Blade and the Fight for Olympic Inclusion. American Whitewater
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Australian Canoeing President, Danielle Woodward:
“The decision to host a demonstration event at this year’s worlds ahead of the world championships in 2010 is a great step forward and it means that the ICF is serious in its approach to gender equity.” Article
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2009 EVENTS & RESULTS FOR WOMENS CANOE
National events listed are open to international competition.
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2009 CANOE SPRINT |
2009 CANOE SLALOM |
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January 31-February 1
RESULTS
- AustralianNational SlalomChampionships |
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February 2009
Women’s canoe received equal prize money. The largest prize purse ever awarded for women’s canoe! Thank you to the Australian Open and the Slalom Canoe World Series organizers!
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March 8 – Announcement
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April 4 - U.S. Junior National Team Trials
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Penrith, Australia
May 15-16, US Senior National Team Trials, Charlotte, NC.
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July 4-12 - North American Junior Olympics, Ontario, Canada |
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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July 4-5 Canoe Slalom World Cup 2
Bratislava, Slovakia
RESULTS - 2nd ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Bratislava - WOMEN'S CANOE included for the first time! Jana Dukatova made sure that the gold medal stayed Slovakia. Congratulations to all the C1W Athletes! |
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July 11-12 Canoe Slalom World Cup 3 Augsburg, Germany |
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Aug 8-9 - German Open – Slalom World Series
Markkleeberg, Germany |
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Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
WOMEN'S CANOE EXHIBITION EVENTS
C1/C2 500 & 200m |
Aug 15-16 Slovak Open – Slalom World Series
Bratislava, Slovakia |
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Aug 22-23 Slovenian Open – Slalom World Series,
Tacen, Slovenia |
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Aug 22 - 23rd
Penrith, Australia |
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Sherbrooke, Quebec City |
WOMEN'S CANOE EXHIBITION EVENTS C1 |
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RESULTS October 3-4 - USA Open – Slalom World Series, Charlotte, North Carolina
RESULTS October 3-4 - USA Slalom National Championships, Charolotte, NC
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2009 CANOE MARATHON (ICF) |
2009 CANOE WILDWATER (ICF) |
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April 25-26 - Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA.
Junior Western Wildwater Team Trials.
Women’s classes will be contested with Men’s classes in C-1, C-2 and K-1. Contact:
DennyAdams@aol.com
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May 9-10 -
USA CanoeKayak National Marathon Team Trials
. Women’s canoe is Trials event for the second year in a row. |
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June 18-21 - FIBArk Festival and U.S. Wildwater Nationals, Salida, Colorado, USA. Includes
Women’s C1.
Contact: Ed Loeffel
719-539-3380 (H); 221-2070 (C) |
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2009 CANOE WHITEWATER OPEN CANOE DOWNRIVER |
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June 1-5 WWOCD (White Water Open Canoe Downriver) U.S. National Championships. There are many National Championship women’s classes in 14% and 16% boats. Contact:
Paul.Cole@Aspect.com
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July 28 – August 2 - U.S. White Water Open Canoe Slalom Nationals. There are many National Championship women’s classes.
http://www.wausauwhitewater.org/
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Would you like to make a tax-deductible donation to this or other WomenCan/USACK Gender equity initiaves? Please contact Pam Boteler at
pamcanoe@hotmail.com
or the USACK office at
info@usack.org
or 704-348-4330. |
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
Canoe/Kayak is the LAST summer Olympic sport not in compliance with the IOC's edict (or "stong recommendation") on gender equity. In January 2007 and again in March 2009, ICF officials conveyed to all Federations their commitment to compliance with the recocommendation of the IOC, i.e.:
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