GRIFFIN THANK YOU. THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES IN PARIS IS TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY. AND A CANOE AND KAYAKER FROM WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WILL BE COMPETING FOR TEAM USA. AND FOR A ...

Canoe and kayak sprint racing made its Olympic debut as a demonstration sport in the 1924 Paris Games and became a medal sport for men only 12 years later. Women began competing in kayak sprint in ...

THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES IN PARIS, AND A CANOE AND KAYAKER FROM WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WILL BE COMPETING FOR TEAM USA FOR A SECOND TIME. EVY LIEBERTH LIVES IN BRYSON CITY AND ...

The head-to-head competition provides exciting action with four paddlers going at it to get down the course the fastest. The format lends itself to chaos, creating a wide-open field with dark horses ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Evy Leibfarth’s first trip to the Olympics didn’t quite go as she had hoped. Just 17 years old when she competed in Tokyo, she said the pressure got to her as she finished 12th in ...

World champion Joe Clarke knows from experience that he could spill some blood as he goes for gold in the new Olympic discipline of kayak cross at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium in August.

Just as she does with her paddle and her kayak when negotiating a whitewater slalom course, Evy Leibfarth takes painstaking care to be precise with her words when navigating conversations about her ...

—Lisa Carrington, New Zealand: Carrington won three gold medals at the Tokyo Games; the K-1 200 meters, the K-1 500 meters and the K-2 500 meters. —Casey Eichfeld, United States: The 34-year-old ...