intoronto 5,645 Posted March 29, 2021 #141 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Can an athlete that qualifies or is named to a slalom boat, compete in sprint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,538 Posted March 30, 2021 #142 Share Posted March 30, 2021 1 hour ago, intoronto said: Can an athlete that qualifies or is named to a slalom boat, compete in sprint? The qualification document specifies "sprint" and "slalom" athletes in their respective documents so I'm leaning no. Are there athletes which compete in both disciplines (like we see in cycling)? ICF would be more receptive to the idea if athletes exist rather than trying to Trojan horse someone into the other discipline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 5,645 Posted March 30, 2021 #143 Share Posted March 30, 2021 16 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said: The qualification document specifies "sprint" and "slalom" athletes in their respective documents so I'm leaning no. Are there athletes which compete in both disciplines (like we see in cycling)? ICF would be more receptive to the idea if athletes exist rather than trying to Trojan horse someone into the other discipline. Only thing I can think of is the 2010 or was it 2014 (or both) that had sprint and slalom together? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 949 Posted March 30, 2021 #144 Share Posted March 30, 2021 3 hours ago, intoronto said: Only thing I can think of is the 2010 or was it 2014 (or both) that had sprint and slalom together? YOG, I suppose 3 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said: Are there athletes which compete in both disciplines (like we see in cycling)? ICF would be more receptive to the idea if athletes exist rather than trying to Trojan horse someone into the other discipline. Don't underestimate Pita mrv86, Gianlu33 and Laraja 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 14,836 Posted March 30, 2021 Author #145 Share Posted March 30, 2021 7 hours ago, intoronto said: Can an athlete that qualifies or is named to a slalom boat, compete in sprint? Not. These are two completely different sports under one federation. But it is not possible to qualify in one and start in the other. I would compare it to Rhythimc and Artisticss gymnastics, it is difficult to imagine an athlete specializing in parallel bars who would be able to compete as well with a ball or ribbon. even in canoe slalom itself, it is rare to see athletes compete in both men's disciplines. For women, on the other hand, it is still a common thing, to see girls doing both events, but only because the women's C1 category is still just a ridiculous competition, too weak and not develpoed yet. But as it develops, there will be fewer and fewer girls able to keep up in both disciplines. 6 hours ago, intoronto said: Only thing I can think of is the 2010 or was it 2014 (or both) that had sprint and slalom together? Yeah the YOG famous Obstacle Canoeing. It had nothing to do with slalom. it is a specially created and invented sport discipline on flat water with some easy gates, buoys and starting ramp. So it was neither about the speed and explosiveness of the canoe sprinters, nor about the strength, tactical thinking and stamina of the slalom specialists. Just a very poorly failed attempt to merge two different sports into one to catch the attention of young public, with sprinters having a greater advantage as it took place on flat water. Interestingly, slalom specialists were more successful, due to the fact that sprinters probably do not know how to turn boats and go through upstream gates, even on flat water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Liu 1,682 Posted April 30, 2021 #146 Share Posted April 30, 2021 https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/canoe_sprint_quota_allocation_-_tokyo_2020_-_media_format.pdf ICF updated the quota allocation. Very informative about America and Oceania and surprisingly CHN got a quota from NZL originally. Benolympique, mrv86 and Laraja 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,210 Posted April 30, 2021 #147 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Funny how Pan American spots can end up in Europe/Asia just like that. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,326 Posted April 30, 2021 #148 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Um, what? We just won a quota in women's C1 200m? This qualification system is bizarre. dcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,210 Posted April 30, 2021 #149 Share Posted April 30, 2021 9 minutes ago, Vektor said: Um, what? We just won a quota in women's C1 200m? This qualification system is bizarre. It's because Japan qualified via the Pan American qualifier, naturally. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,326 Posted April 30, 2021 #150 Share Posted April 30, 2021 1 minute ago, dcro said: It's because Japan qualified via the Pan American qualifier, naturally. Yeah, that makes perfect sense. Sure. I hope we can win our missing quotas at the Asian qualifier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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