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The battle for gold in the canoe and kayak events could become just that, with a new discipline added to the Summer Games.
Kayak cross promises to add a seriously chaotic element to the sport, much like the snowboard version did for its winter cousin.
Add in the gladiatorial use of paddles to keep opponents away, and kayak could find a wealth of new fans this month and next.
Athletes to watch
Lisa Carrington (New Zealand): Carrington won three gold medals at the Tokyo Games: the K-1 200 metres, the K-1 500 metres and the K-2 500 metres.
Casey Eichfeld (United States): The 34-year-old Eichfeld is going to his fourth Olympics after competing in Beijing, London and Rio de Janeiro.

Aimee Fisher (NZ): Fisher recently beat Carrington in the K-1 500 at the ICF Canoe World Cup and set the world’s best time in the event this year.
Evy Leibfarth (US): The 20-year-old Leibfarth will be the first American woman to compete in three whitewater events: canoe slalom, kayak slalom and kayak cross. She finished 18th in canoe slalom and 12th in kayak slalom at the Tokyo Olympics when she was 17.
Nevin Harrison (US): Harrison won the C-1 200-metre race in Tokyo and is back to try again.
Storylines to follow
New attraction There will be a new event this year: the kayak cross. Four competitors slide off a ramp and manoeuvre through an obstacle course. Competitors can use their paddles against each other. They also must execute an Eskimo roll before crossing the finish line – that means flipping 360 degrees into the water and then landing upright.

Key dates
Canoe slalom, including kayak cross, begins on July 27. The finals are held from July 28 to August 5. Canoe sprint begins on August 6. The finals are held from August 8 to August 10.
Reigning champions
Men’s Slalom
C-1: Benjamin Savsek (Slovenia)
K-1: Jiri Prskavek (Czech Republic)
Women’s Slalom
C-1: Jessica Fox (Australia)
K-1: Ricarda Funk (Germany)
Men’s Sprint
C-1 1000m: Isaquias Queiroz (Brazil)

C-2 1000m: Serguey Torres and Fernando Jorge (Cuba)
K-1 200m: Sandor Totka (Hungary)
K-1 1000m: Balint Kopasz (Hungary)
K-2 1000m: Jean van der Westhuyzen and Thomas Green (Australia)
K-4 500m: Max Rendschmidt, Ronald Rauhe, Tom Liebscher and Max Lemke (Germany)
Women’s Sprint
C-1 200m: Nevin Harrison (US)
C-2 500m: Xu Shixiao and Sun Mengya (China)
K-1 200m: Lisa Carrington (NZ)
K-1 500m: Lisa Carrington (NZ)
K-4 500m: Danuta Kozak, Tamara Csipes, Anna Karasz and Dora Bodonyi (Hungary)


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Kiwis Lisa Carrington and Aimee Fisher set for intriguing battle, while Evy Leibfarth will be the first US woman to compete in three events

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