PARA CANOE NEWS

Para canoe Worlds: 5 things we learned
Old faces show they’re still the ones to beat on the water

Para sport review: August 2017
Athletics, blind sports and equestrian among the highlights
Jeanette Chippington wins 11th world title
Rio 2016 champions dominate final day of World Para canoe Championships

Emma Wiggs wins fourth world title
GB Paralympic champion continues her dominance in the KL2

Australia golden at Para canoe Worlds
Reigning Paralympic and world champion Curtis McGrath retains gold medal

Luis Carlos Cardoso da Silva finds Rio redemption
Brazilian Para canoeist wins VL1 on Day 1 of World Championships

Curtis McGrath marks life-changing anniversary
Reigning Paralympic and world Para canoe champion competes at Worlds five years after losing legs.
History-makers in line for Para canoe glory
Sport’s first Paralympic champions favourites to add world golds to Rio 2016 success.

Learning curve for Charlotte Henshaw at Para canoe Worlds
Paralympic swimming medallist taking it easy in transition to new sport.

Para sport review: July 2017
Athletics and swimming dominate headlines in the Paralympic Movement.
Paralympic Para canoe champions win Euro titles
Wiggs and Yemelianov follow Rio 2016 success with European gold.

British Para canoe squads named for Euros and Worlds
International debuts for Henshaw and Phillipson following Para sport switch.

Muller, Swoboda open season with wins in Szeged
The Rio 2016 Paralympic medallists captured gold in the season opening World Cup.

Sochi 2014 Nordic skiing champion Helene Ripa retires
The Swedish is hanging up the skis to fully devote herself to Para canoe.

Swimmer Henshaw switches to canoe
The multi-Paralympic British medallist is looking for a new challenge after 10 years of swimming.

Voting open for Americas ‘Athlete of the Month’
Popular vote will decide who the best athlete in the Americas was in April 2017, via www.americasparalympic.org.

Brazil dominate Canoe South American Championships
Brazilian canoers won five of the six Para canoe events contested in Paipa, Colombia.
Now on radar, Tokarz targets first Worlds gold
Polish paddler Jakub Tokarz stunned many at the 2016 Paralympic Games and is now a person to beat in August’s Worlds.

Paralympic Champion Anne Dickins goes out on a high
After volunteering at London 2012, she won canoe Paralympic gold at Rio 2016.
Curtis McGrath seeks out new challenges
Paralympic champion in canoe, the Australian is also trying out Para rowing.