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19-24 June 2022

Kayaking

Know your facts:

  • Unified Sports? Yes
  • Estimated number of athletes participating: 73 athletes + 30 Unified partners

Kayaking is a water sport. The athletes sit in a boat and each have a paddle. They move the boat forward with the paddle . They can paddle alone or in pairs. The first to reach the finish line wins.
 

Special Olympics feature:

Special Olympics Kayaking uses touristic-type boats and professional boats, while in International Canoe Federation races, athletes only use professional boats. The touristic boats are more stable than professional flat-water racing kayaks.
Additionally, Special Olympics requires all athletes to pass a swimming test before races and requires that everyone wears a lifejacket during races.

 

We have seven competitions at National Games:

  1. Single Tourist kayak: 200m race
  2. Double Tourist kayak: 200m race
  3. Unified Sports® Double Tourist kayak: 200m race
  4. Unified Sports® Canadier: 200m race
  5. Unified Sports® Relay: 200m race
  6. Single Professional kayak: 200m race
  7. Unified Sports® Double Professional kayak: 200m race

Schedule

Find all information about timings in the competition schedule.

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Tickets

For our kayaking competitions tickets are required.

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The photo shows two kayaks with two athletes each during competition. On one boat are two women and on the other one two men.
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On the photo, there are two athletes in a kayak. The one up front is raising his fist in joy.
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Grünau


Kayaking takes place at Grünau.