PARACANOE

Paracanoe made its debut at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. The sport has seen a swift rise in global popularity with over 40 nations represented at the annual ICF World Championships. Subscribe / Share / Follow / Talk / Enjoy Join the conversation @PlanetCanoe #ICFslalom http://youtube.com/PlanetCanoe http://facebook.com/PlanetCanoe http://twitter.com/PlanetCanoe http://instagram.com/PlanetCanoe

Paracanoe is the canoeing discipline for athletes with an impairment and races are contested by two types of boat, kayak (K) and va’a (V). The kayak is propelled by a double-blade paddle, while the va’a is an outrigger canoe which has an alma (second pontoon) as a support float and is used with a single-blade paddle. Both kayak and va’a have three different classes of event for men and women, depending on the classification of an athlete’s impairment, with KL1, KL2 and KL3 for kayak and VL1, VL2 and VL3 for va’a. At international level all paracanoe races are individual events and competed at a distance of 200m.