VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France — Evy Leibfarth made a few "mistakes" in her kayak slalom semifinal race Sunday at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, but in failing to make the finals in her first event at ...

VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France — Evy Leibfarth was sitting in third place in the women’s canoe slalom final with just one competitor standing between the American and a first Olympic medal. Gabriela Satkova ...

In slalom, a canoe is required to be a minimum of 3.5m long for C1 and 4.1m for C2 and competitors use single-blade paddles ...

Day 3 of canoe and kayak slalom heats at Whitewater Stadium featured men’s canoe double (C2) and women’s kayak single (K1) competition. Over 30 combined canoe/kayak slalom athletes raced in the heats.

CAN'T SEE THE ABOVE VIDEO? Watch her wild bronze medal run here, and the emotional medal moment with her coach father.Evy Leibfarth surprised the world Wednesday with her bronze medal win, the first ...

Whitewater churns into foam as double-ended paddles windmill one-person boats into position. The paddles go up in the air as the boats slide through red or green gates, then the furious wind milling ...

Editor’s note: With the Olympics in full swing, we asked Seattle Times reporting intern Kristen Gowdy to get the full experience on some of the sports being played in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

Located in the heart of the Deodoro zone, Whitewater Stadium had a sell-out crowd in attendance for the canoe and kayak slalom heats during Day 2 of the Rio Olympics. Sunday afternoon’s slalom heats ...