The 2023 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Spring World Championships were held last week in Auronzo, Italy. I will post in this thread some videos of the races.
The first video has something that amazed me. The winning Spanish (ESP) C2 team in the C2 U23 men's 1000 meter final both paddled the same side of the canoe. They are in lane 6 (from the left). I've never seen that before.
Is that common, and how is it even possible? Rudder? No! ICF Sprint Rule 3.4.1 for canoes states: "Steering rudders or any guiding apparatus directing the course of the canoe are not allowed." (Rudders are allowed on kayaks under Rule 3.3.1.) Are the Spanish C2 paddlers preventing yaw and crabbing solely with correction strokes?
The first video has something that amazed me. The winning Spanish (ESP) C2 team in the C2 U23 men's 1000 meter final both paddled the same side of the canoe. They are in lane 6 (from the left). I've never seen that before.
Is that common, and how is it even possible? Rudder? No! ICF Sprint Rule 3.4.1 for canoes states: "Steering rudders or any guiding apparatus directing the course of the canoe are not allowed." (Rudders are allowed on kayaks under Rule 3.3.1.) Are the Spanish C2 paddlers preventing yaw and crabbing solely with correction strokes?