Congratulations to Ireland’s Robert Kendrick who has qualified for the semi-final of the men’s C1 Obstacle slalom. He will now face Slovenia’s Leon Breznik for a place in the final on Wednesday 27th August at 08.23am Irish Time. Watch it live on Olympic TV http://www.olympic.org/ Race Number Start Time Course Bib Name Birth Date 2 15:23:00 1 […]
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Team Ireland Opening Ceremony flag bearer Richard Hendrick, coached by three time Olympian Eoin Rheinisch will be in action on Saturday, August 23rd in the Men’s C1 Head to head sprint. http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/resYO2014/pdf/YO2014/CA/YO2014_CA_C32C_CAM210000.pdf 1. Venue & Dates The Canoe-Kayak competitions of Nanjing 2014 will be held at the Nanjing Rowing and Canoeing School on 23 to 27
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Canoeist Robert Hendrick has been chosen to be Team Ireland flag bearer for tomorrow’s 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Opening Ceremony (16th August) . Hendrick admitted “I never expected it at all because there are so many great young athletes here so it was a great surprise and I feel very honoured and privileged – it just feels great”
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Congratulations to Canoeing Ireland’s Liam Jegou who placed second in Junior Men’s C1 on Sunday at the ICF Slalom Junior World Championships in Penrith, Australia. Having qualified for the finals in sixth place, Jegou went on to take the Silver medal – just losing out to German Florian Breuer. The 2014 Championship is Jegous’ third
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We are pleased to attach the Sports Qualification Documents (version 1.0) for 16 of the sports which are confirmed for the inaugural European Games in Baku 2015. These documents may be liable to some small changes and clarifications by the European Federations and we will inform you of these as they happen. Update: Please click
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Eoin Rheinsch on his experiences as an Olympic slalom canoeist
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Andrzej Jezierski won the C1 200m B final at London 2012, leaving him in ninth position overall at the Games. Jerzierski won the final in a time of 44.041, ahead of Vadim Menkov of Uzbekistan in 44.168. Attila Vajda of Hugary was third. There are no medals on offer for the B final, but Jezierski
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Ireland’s Hannah Craig finished 10th in the women’s K1 finals at Lee Valley White Water Centre this afternoon. Craig performed very well to qualify from the semi-finals earlier in the day but was last of the finalists after posting a time of 127.36 after picking up 6 penalty points. Emilie Fer of France won the
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Andrej Jezierski, a former world champion will compete for Ireland at the canoe sprint Olympic Qualifier today and tomorrow. Andrej Jezierski, who lives in Ballincollig in Co Cork, won five medals at the World Championships in canoe sprint events for Poland, including two golds in the C4 1,000 metres. He will compete in the Olympic
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Canoeist Eoin Rheinisch has qualified for the Olympics Games for the third time. Rheinisch, who first competed in the Olympics at Athens 2004, came fourth in the canoeing K-1 slalom final in Beijing 2008, achieving the highest position ever by an Irish competitor in the event. He finished 12th at the European Canoe Slalom Championships
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Irish canoeists hope to secure Olympic canoe slalom qualification at this weekend’s European Championships in Germany. Hannah Craig , Eoin Rheinisch and Ciaran Hearteau are among six Irish competitors aiming for a place in London. They are in action in Germany this weekend hoping to claim the right to represent Ireland at London 2012. Heurteau came out on top
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Ireland failed to qualify an Olympic slot from the Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bratislava yesterday. Ciarán Heurteau finished 28th in the men’s K1 semi-final, well outside a qualification place for the boat for London 2012. Heurteau time of 104.99 left him too far down the field to put the Irish among top 15 nations who qualify for
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