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Canoeing is the recreational or sport activity of paddling a canoe or kayak

The Sport of Canoeing

Canoeing, or Canoe sport, is organised at the top level by the ICF - International Canoe Federation. The ICF recognises several competitive and non-competitive disciplines of canoeing, of which Sprint and Slalom are the only two competing in the Olympic games :-

- Sprint Canoeing - the oldest discipline of ICF canoeing, sometimes referred to as "Racing", and involves principally kayaks, and some canoes. Flatwater races over distance from 200m to 2000m

- Slalom Canoeing - Competitors are timed in completing a descent down the rapids of a Wild Water course, in the process steering their canoe or kayak through "gates (a pair of suspened poles about 1m apart)

- Marathon Canoeing - Longer distance races over mostly flatwater courses, possibly including one or more a portages. Course lengths typically vary from 10km to the Olympic course length of 42km (???)

- Canoe Polo - A fast-action competitive ball game on water, between two teams of 5 players.

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