International Canoe Federation

The ICF Pre-Games training opportunities have already been secured and are in place to facilitate cost-effective training time at the venue. These training sessions are reserved for National Federations to send their best athletes and are initially limited to a maximum 12 elite boats per nation on any one of these occasions. The dates are as follows:

17–28 October 2011
16–27 April 2012
16–20 May 2012
28 May–5 June 2012
26 June–7 July 2012

National Federations should note that:
The organisers retain the right to adjust these dates should unforeseen circumstances prevail.
The organisers may need to further restrict the numbers of boats per nation to contain the boat numbers.

More details on these training sessions will be confirmed at the 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom Coaches' Symposium in Uxbridge, UK from 5–7 November. In the meantime, NFs are kindly requested to register a Pre-Games Training correspondent at by emailing internationalpaddling@leevalleypark.org.uk.

The ‘London Invitational Event’ will be held with training days. Already posted on the ICF online Events Calendar, the date for this event is 28–31 July. Entries for this race will be available on a national quota basis to a maximum of 250 and details on the quota allocation will be available after the Coaches Symposium.

Training in preparation for this event will be on a daily one hour per nation slot basis on the Olympic (12-15 cumecs) channel with a possibility of one additional hour on the 8-10 cumecs training channel. More details on the ‘Invitational Canoe Slalom’ will be issued in the near future and it would be helpful if teams registered a ‘London Invitational Canoe Slalom’ correspondent at canoeslalom@london2012.com. Good quality accommodation at affordable pricing is being negotiated just for this event together with a transportation option.