no. each team has 3 boats. they starts at same time. the time of the team stop when last rider pass the finish line..teams has to pass all gates the same way as it it for the individual race, so the upstream gates too. each hit is penalized by 2 sec. and each miss by 50 sec.
You can hardly find much entertaining sport as the canoe slalom team events are. especially in the C1 and C2 classes.
We can have 3 athletes per Nation, which will be only fair in this sport ! and even if no so let say we may do it like the table tennis system. let say 2 athletes per nation with posibility to compete in the individual race, and the 3rd to be added for the team event