2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
icf canoe sprint world championship held – august poznań poland lake malta third time polish city hosted championship done previously paracanoe formerly paddleability womens c event exhibition event previous world championship dartmouth nova scotia canada became official event championship germany hungary medal championship twelve though hungarian six gold championship compared german five gold brazil japan tahiti first ever championship medal ronald rauhe germany became winningest medalist men kayak st career medal earning k silver rauhe eclipsed record tied previous championship fellow german torsten gutsche womens kayak hungary katalin kovács tied germany birgit fischer career medal three medal earned though kovács th gold passed fischer career gold first time since tie occurred medal time bronze c event canada richard dalton ukraine yuriy cheban canada also first gold medal womens canoe laurence vincentlapointe winning gold paracanoes big winner brazil canada three medal canoe sprint competition broken canadian canoe c open canoe singleblade paddle kayak k closed canoe doublebladed paddle canoe kayak hold one person two people four people specific canoe kayak k kayak single competition distance metre ft metre ft metre ft long competition listed c event example mean two people canoe competing metre ft distance poznań awarded championship icf board director meeting madrid spain october icf board director meeting windsor berkshire england womens c added championship womens c remain demonstration event like previous championship relay event started previous championship event included first time since discontinuation championship copenhagen also occur paracanoe formerly referred paddleability four event covering three classification lta leg trunk arm ta trunk arm arm event confirmed following success previous world championship december schedule championship released june week march icf visited lake malta meet host organizing committee hoc see event preparation progressing item discussed broadcasting event promotion athlete service communication hour live television coverage daily basis planned semifinal final event provided contract meet need european market million people watched last year championship canada icf secretary general simon toulson expressed support hoc hope championship good one opening ceremony th first round event took place th event completing heat semifinal paracanoe heat suspended later day high wind weather condition nation listed preliminary entry list number parenthesis shown competed respective nation russia overall attendee medium guide listed nation participating four nation listed compete india iraq malta malaysia nonolympic class canoe russia medal four people medal two ivan shtyl russia alexandru dumitrescu romania victo mihalachi romania vadim menkov uzbeskistan dzianis harasha belarus ronald verch germany paweł baraszkiewicz poland second time history championship tie occurred medal c bronze canada richard dalton ukraine yuriy cheban first occurred thirtyfive year earlier k gold italy oreste perri poland grzegorz śledziewski kayak germany great britain big medal winner four germany gold two ronald rauhe record twentyfirst world championship medal eclipsing record tied last year fellow german torsten gutsche ten canoeist two medal five different country nonolympic class canoe first womens event canada laurence vincentlapointe kayak hungary big medal winner medaling nine event including six gold big individual winner natasa janics hungary five three gold two silver teammate katalin kovács three medal bring career total matching germany birgit fischer though kovacs break fischer career gold medal count eclipsing fischer japan earned first medal championship shinobu kitamotos bronze k event rachel cawthorn became first british woman medal championship bronze k event italy medal four though none gold canada brazil two gold three overall three brazil medal first history world championship tahiti patrick viriamu became first medalist country world championship well womens canoe shown nonexhibition event source medal table – official website retrieved august international canoe federation provisional calendar – including championship – retrieved august official website polish