Canoeing

Back to reality for Britain's golden generation

timesonline.co.uk     24-Aug-2008          

Britain's Olympic heroes return home today to discover if the past 17 days has been a life-changing experience or a glorious, but brief, interlude from gym work. “I plan to go to as much as I can,” Chris Hoy said of the...                    

British team succeed in great haul of China

scotsman.com     25-Aug-2008          

Published Date: 25 August 2008 BRITAIN won an impressive 47 medals in Beijing, shattering even the "stretch" target of UK Sport ahead of the Games. DAY 3 (Monday, 11 August) • Rebecca Adlington and Joanne Jackson,...                    

Money the key to Great Britain's glorious harvest at Beijing Olympics

telegraph.co.uk     24-Aug-2008   490 related          

Ever since the 2000 Sydney Games, the British Olympic Association have erected an honours board at their HQ in the athletes' village. Money talks: Bradley Wiggins is one of the many GB athletes to have flourished thanks in...                    

Multi Banana Boat blends SUP, canoeing, boating, surfing

surfersvillage.com     23-Aug-2008          

22 August, 2008 : - - The Multi Banana Boat is a bright yellow multi-purpose watercraft capable of bringing you hours of fun as well as the security of a first-class water rescue vehicle. See details about this innovative...                    

Doctor Tim Brabants lifts gold for Britain in Olympic kayak final

telegraph.co.uk     22-Aug-2008   42 related          

Tim Brabants, an accident and emergency doctor who put his medical career on hold to pursue Olympic glory, has won Britain's first ever gold medal in canoeing. He was A bronze medal winner at the Sydney Games eight years...                    

Vajda powers to canoe 1,000m gold

bbc.co.uk     22-Aug-2008   7 related          

Cannot play media. German girls triumph in K4 500m Germany and Belarus claimed two gold canoeing medals apiece on Friday at Beijing's Shunyi Olympic Park. Germany claimed the women's K4 500m to remain undefeated in that...                    

Dom Joly: Orange ghosts, 'volunteer' frogmen and a sartorial tussle out on the water

independent.co.uk     22-Aug-2008          

It's a long, uneventful bus ride to the Shunyi rowing and canoeing park – most of the journalists and photographers are fast asleep. The long hours are starting to take their toll. I'm not even supposed to be here. I was going...                    

UK holidays Canoeing on the Thames

telegraph.co.uk     21-Aug-2008          

Jessie Hewitson and her boyfriend see the world anew during a canoeing weekend on the Thames. The plan for the weekend was for my boyfriend, Eifion, and I to paddle down the river from Henley to Bray via Marlow, camping along...                    

Open-water swimming? Open warfare, more like

timesonline.co.uk     20-Aug-2008   33 related          

By rights, any heartland Olympic sport should have about it some element of madness. It should provoke the thought that you're mad even to take part. That's true of the marathon, whitewater canoeing, rowing (look at the faces...                    

Tempo: Medieval charm - In Loket, colorful history and great hiking, biking and canoeing

praguepost.com     20-Aug-2008          

Hidden in a region famed for its spa towns, the ancient town of Loket, with its medieval castle, andldquo;chocolate boxandrdquo; architecture and a long list of outdoor attractions, makes for the perfect weekend summer getaway...                    

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