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Canoe-slalom fears being pushed to the Rio 2016 margins

By David Owen at The Hilton in Buenos Aires

Plans by Rio 2016 to move the canoe slalom from the Deodoro zone to a location 700 miles away have angered the International Canoe FederationSeptember 6 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission is expected to head to Brazil next week to discuss the Rio 2016 canoe slalom venue, in the wake of the disclosure that consideration is being given to moving the competition to a course 700 miles away.


Fox crowns dominant white-water season with victory in Slovakia

By David Owen

Jessica Fox secured the 2013 Canoe Slalom World Cup series in the C1 disciplineAugust 25 - Jessica Fox, the Australian teenager who took silver at London 2012, has sealed her recent dominance of women's white-water canoeing, winning the final race of the season in Bratislava to take the 2013 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Cup series in the C1 discipline by a crushing margin of more than 60 points.