Competitions

The 2026 Paddle Europe Junior and Under 23 Sprint Championships begin on Thursday at the Maty-ér Regatta Course in Szeged, Hungary, bringing together the continent’s leading young canoe sprint athletes for four days of competition.

The 2026 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships get underway today at RIVERSPORT Rapids in Oklahoma City, United States, and will continue until Saturday, 25 July.

The International Canoe Federation has confirmed the participation of 256 athletes from 50 nations across five continents. The competition has additional importance as RIVERSPORT Rapids is the confirmed Canoe Slalom and Kayak Cross venue for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. Oklahoma City 2026 will also be the first competition to award Olympic Ranking points on the road to LA28.

Kayak Sprint Copenhagen 2026 will take place this Saturday, 18 July, bringing the innovative Paddle Games concept to Denmark for the first time.

European athletes closed the 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup in Montreal with another strong day of finals, adding 28 more medals across sprint and paracanoe events.