Canoe slalom
became a full medal event at the 1936 berlin games. Butt canoe slalom event
have to wait for its debut until 1932 Munich games. After that canoe slalom
became a regular part of Olympic games in 1992 olympic programme. Canoe slalom
competition categorized into two. Single canoe and double canoe for men only.
Since women are not a included in this event and may be women will became part
of this event in 2016 olympic games.
Initially
canoe slalom competition was staged on flat water but later on it switched to
white water rapids. Since it become a permanent event of Olympic it provide lot
of thrills and excitements to the spectators with non-stop action on powerful
and unforgivable water.
Canoe slaom
event consist of timed runs down a white water course, which contain upto 25
gates. The rule is that if a person touch a gate, he adds two seconds time
penalty to the run, missing a gate incurs 50 seconds penalty. The time taken to
run a course in seconds is added the penalty seconds incurred to give the
overall time.
London 2012
olympics will present this competition from Sunday 29 July to Thursday 2 August
at lee valley white water center in which 82 athletes compete for 4 medals and
especially for the glory of their country.
Fans can get
Olympic canoe slalom tickets and Olympic tickets from global ticket market at
very affordable price.
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