Luuka Jones competes in the women’s K1 on the first day of the Oceania canoe slalom championships at Vector Wero Whitewater Park in Auckland on Saturday. The ‘perfect storm’ of a new venue and a silver star could be about to break canoe slalom into New Zealand’s sporting mainstream.
Category: Olympic Canoe Slalom
Richard Hounslow, left, and David Florence have won two Olympic silvers in the canoe double
Two-time Olympic canoeing silver medallist Richard Hounslow will not be going for gold in Tokyo after deciding to retire from the sport. Londoner Hounslow, alongside partner David Florence, finished runner-up in the canoe double at London 2012 and Rio 2016, while in between times the pair became world champions in 2013 in Prague.