Wildwater canoeing

Whitewater racing is a competitive discipline of canoeing. The aim is to navigate a whitewater course in the shortest time with the boat. For a whitewater race the congested waters must have at least the level of difficulty III.

Whitewater racing is to be distinguished from the Olympic Canoe Slalom Canoe discipline, which is colloquially known as white-water canoeing and canoe departure, here is the highest achievable award the World Championship title. Similarly, there are so-called extreme whitewater race in which sections are traversed to whitewater V and VI. This will take place not in racing boats, special in ordinary white water boats.

History

The first documented white-water regatta was held on 16-17. July 1921 on the Isar instead. It was followed by 1922, the first regatta Enns, 1923, the Salzach great regatta and 1925, the first white-water regatta on the river Traun. It was only in 1933 grew out of the whitewater runs and the 1932 introduced on a lake in Switzerland, canoe slalom, the first whitewater slalom on 8 October 1933 on the Aare, at Rupperswiler Weir (WW III - IV). After the Second World War, there were also the Swiss, on the initiative of the Canoe Slalom was reintroduced with a neat competition system. The rough waters was again taken only at the initiative of the Englishman John Dudderidge ICF Congress 1954 note. When ICF Congress 1955 in Ljubljana the first independent international competition rules have been adopted for Wildwasserabfahr. The request made to the implementation of the World Championships, however, was initially postponed. The growing interest of national associations eventually led in 1958 for ICF Congress in Prague at the decision to introduce biennial whitewater world championships in the same region of slalom competitions. However, Switzerland has not been in position at such short notice in 1959 to discharge this additional event on the Slalom World Championships in Geneva, so that the French are the first whitewater world championships 1959 resulted in Treignac on the Vezere. In 1963, the first time was in addition to the Faltbootklassen, also awarded titles in RI, made of plastic kayaks. 1965 accounted for the Faltbootklassen from the program.

Disciplines

Whitewater racing, a distinction Sprint and Classic competitions.

Length of the route is the classic whitewater race at 4-8 km. This corresponds, depending on the flow speed running times of 12 to 20 minutes.

Since the early 1990s, there are in addition to the classic race distance, called Classic, the so-called white-water sprint. The sprint is run on a 200-600 m long whitewater course in two runs, the time of both runs is added here. Per run, the athletes require 60-120 seconds, depending on the factors mentioned above.

Via both routes of individual and team competitions will be held. A team consists of three boats of the same class of boat, the same cycle all the way. The driving time is measured from the start of the first to the finish of the last boat. All three launched boats must have crossed the finish line within ten seconds.

Boat classes

(K1, KI ) and unit (C1, CI) and two - Canadians (C2, CII) is whitewater racing in single kayaks operated. As in all canoe competitions, it was denied long to start in Canadian women. The official reason was that women would wear by Canadians driving physical damages. The only exception to this prohibition was until 1981 the Mixed - Canadians. Since 2010, the Canadian classes for women are released.

This results in:

Men's One - kayak ( K1H )
Women's One - kayak ( K1D )
Men's One - Canadians ( C1H )
Women's One - Canadians ( C1D )
Men's two - Canadians ( C2H )
Ladies two - Canadians ( C2D )
Mixed two - Canadians ( C2M ) (since 1982 only at national level)

According competition provision ( WB), the boats must meet certain criteria.

The boats may not contain any control device and only have a keel line, a tail and a bow. For season 2013, the minimum weight has been reduced by 1 kg.

Ages

Whitewater racing, there are competitions in the following age groups:

Student C: 7-9 years
Student B: 10-12 years
Student A: 13/14 Jahre
Youth: 15/ 16 years
Juniors: 17/ 18 years
Performance class: from 19 years
Senior A: 32-39 years
Senior B: 40-49 years
Senior C: 50-59 years
Senior D: from 60 years

An athlete heard from the beginning of the year to an age group in which the athlete reaches the specified age, and not only from his birthday.

Competitions

International

World Championships

Since 1959 World Championships will be held in 2- year intervals in whitewater racing. 1963 team competitions were introduced. Since 1996, find the world championships in years instead of even-numbered years. At the World Championships in 2002 for the first time titles were awarded in the sprint. In 2008, the team competitions came in the sprint to it. 2011 were held only for the sprint at the Augsburg ice track for the first time the world championships.

It will be awarded 18 items. In one kayak ( K1) and the one - Canadians (C1 ) of the women and men, and in the twin - Canadian men, each in the Sprint and Classic in individual and team competitions.

Since 2011 World Championships will be held in the sprint in every odd year in addition. In order for the sprint titles will be awarded each year.

European Championships

Since 1997 every 2 years European Championships will take place. The Sprint was introduced at the European Championships in 2001, a year before it took place at the World Championships, as well the team sprint, which was introduced at the European Championships in 2007.

Alternating held World and European Championships the junior class.

Moreover, since 1989, an annual World Cup series. Since the 2012 season, the number of World Cup competitions has been reduced from 3 per each have two sprint and two Classic competitions. Previously there was a European Cup from 1974 to 1988, which was held in a two -year cycle.

Germany

Annually in Germany find German championships in all disciplines, Boat and age classes instead.

As a qualification criterion for international competitions are qualifying races and the wild water racing rankings. At 4 competitions a year, the athletes can earn points. The winner receives 300 points, the points of the defeated athletes are calculated from the travel times. Thus, the ranking reflects the performance over time of the last ranking race.

Since 2000 there is the German Cup in whitewater racing. Points are awarded in the German Cup is done by placing (1st 50 pts, 2nd 46 points, 3rd 43 points, 4th 41 pts, 39 pts 5, 6, 38 pts, etc.).

Since 2010, a similar concept to promote young researchers under the name Schülercup is applied.

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