Olympic quota spots up for grabs at Canoe Slalom World Championships

NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) scholarship athletes Jessica Fox and Lucien Delfour spearhead Australia’s nine-athlete team at the at the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London from 19 – 24 September.

The Canoe Slalom Team has the first opportunity to secure quota places for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the event next week.

Taking place at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, which hosted Canoe Slalom at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Australian team will compete across individual kayak and canoe events, the new Olympic discipline Kayak Cross, and will join forces for the three-person kayak and canoe team events.

Paris 2024 Olympic quota places will be up for grabs for the first 15 nations in the Men’s and Women’s K1 event, and the first 12 nations in the Men’s and Women’s C1 event. The Olympic qualification event for Kayak Cross is in June 2024.

Fifty per cent of the team is comprised of NSWIS athlete and will be headlined by four-time Olympic medallist Jessica Fox, who returns to the scene of her very first Olympic medal, K1 silver, from London 2012. Her Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 teammate Lucien Delfour will lead the charge for the men.

AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR 2023 ICF CANOE SLALOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Lee Valley White Water Centre, London, UK
19 – 24 September, 2023

WOMEN

• Kate Eckhardt (TAS)
• Jessica Fox (NSWIS)
• Noemie Fox (NSWIS)

MEN

• Tim Anderson (NSWIS)
• Kaylen Bassett (NSWIS)
• Tristan Carter (VIC)
• Brodie Crawford (WA)
• Lucien Delfour (NSWIS)
• Ben Pope (WA)

QUICK LINKS

• Livestream (International Canoe Federation Recast Channel) – click here
• For the full schedule – click here
• For more information about the event – click here
• For more information on the Olympic qualification process – click here
• For Paddle Australia’s Canoe Slalom Olympic nomination and selection criteria – click here

Article and image courtesy of Paddle Australia