History

The Carib Indians of the Caribbean islands and the indigenous population of North America has built the first canoe. The word was for the first time, spelling Canoe "kenu" which meant dugout. They used birch, elm, cedar, or even trees to build these canoes. They used these vessels to travel along the Caribbean islands, which was their homeland.

John MacGregor canoe up sports entertainment. In 1845, he designed a kind of canoe, a bridge and had a mast and sail and canoe. In 1866 and founded the MacGregor Canoe Club, the Royal Canoe Club in 1873. Competitive began with the club canoeing in the first race of 1867.

Four years later (1871), canoe-Club in New York, founded and was soon followed by many other organizations on the east coast. The American Association Kanu was established in the year 1880, and the Canadian Canoe followed ten years later.

In 1924, the canoe was a demonstration sport at the Olympia in Paris. The United States won all manifestations of kayaking, canoeing and Canada won all events. Kanu has been an official Olympic sport in 1936.

Sports

In water-white--Slalom events taking canoe passport must be carried out by several doors, some of which doors reversed, while the rear paddle. Penalty time has come to strike a pole, the two poles, or for a purpose altogether absent. The penalty is added to the Kanutin is time to determine the order of the surface.

Olympic race going for a code, in which the first letter K is for kayak or canoe C for the Canadian team, and the number refers to the number of paddlers. For example, C-1, canoe single and K-2, kayak pairs. There are two projects for a canoe. One is the K-marine, also known as kayaking. It is closed, a boat with a paddle double. He has stopped a rendezvous of the waterfall, or through a stream to speed. This boat is primarily Kevlar.
The other boat is a boat-C, also known as the canoe. You can only use a paddle to the boat, but two people fit in the boat uses wood and Kevlar. It is used for travel.

The competitive race for the Olympic Games are the dish of water with two carriageways. The women's 500 metres K1, K2, K4. Gentlemen, in the course of 1000 and 500 metres K1, K2, K4, C1 and C2 (canoeing).

There are no standards for the blank space of the water of course, because each course is different.

In the Olympics

The sport came into the Olympics in 1924 as a demonstration sport. Eight years later, the sport reached its white water slalom, one of the harshest places. The kayak flowing water is very expensive, it costs more than $ 4000000, they have only to the Olympics.

Accomplished athletes

Michal Martican won gold and a bronze medal at the Olympic Games.