Canoe and kayak sprint racing made its Olympic debut as a demonstration sport in the 1924 Paris Games and became a medal sport for men only 12 years later. Women began competing in kayak sprint in ...

PARIS, France — Seattle’s Nevin Harrison became the first American woman ever to win a gold medal in sprint canoe at the Tokyo Olympics. Now, 22-year-old Harrison is back at the Summer Olympic Games ...

On a sunny, 74 degree day in Rio de Janeiro, four Olympic champions were crowned in canoe/kayak sprint. Two reigning, two new. The crowd cheered as Sebastian Brendel pumped both of his fists in the ...

PARIS — Just one-hundredth of a second separated Seattle’s Nevin Harrison from her second straight Olympic gold medal in women’s canoe sprint 200 meters Saturday. “It’s less than the blink of an eye, ...

VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France — Seattle's Nevin Harrison won a medal in the canoe sprint single at the Paris Olympics Saturday morning. Harrison placed second to secure a silver medal with a time of 44.13 ...

PARIS, Aug 6 8Reuters) - New Zealand's five-times Olympic champion Lisa Carrington got a winning start but Denmark's world champions Emma Jorgensen and Frederikke Matthiesen were knocked out as canoe ...