[Dmitry 92]

On 03.06.2016 at 12:42, hckosice said:

 

yes I remember Kuznetsov/Larionov great bronze race in Beijing 2008, It was a surprise, but since there Russian canoe slalom went up rapidly. You have now very strong team. All your selected paddlers can achieve very intereting results in Rio.

 

yes I know, very bad idea. It´s still too early. womens C1 has still very low level..and doesn´t belong at the olympics..in other hand C2 is much much exciting and better to watch

Any medal will be a great result for Russian team. Contenders are too strong.

In general this sport has started to grow up in Russia after canoeing federation was divided into two federations in 2006. One for sprint and the other for slalom.

Edited June 4, 2016 by Dmitry

[Dmitry 92]

On 6/1/2016 at 19:12, hckosice said:

 

added

 

very good team, in fact Russia selected with best option in each event.

There was discussion about Eigel and Maxim Shabanov. Coaches chose Eigel.

 

For Kuznetsov/Larionov it will be the last Olympics. They think in Tokyo 2020 men's C2 replaced women's C1.

[Dmitry 92]

Team for Olympics:

С1 -  Aleksandr Lipatov
C2  -  Mikhail Kuznetsov/Dmitry Larionov

K1 (M)  -  Pavel Eigel

K1 (W)  -  Marta Kharitonova

 

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