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Entry lists for the 2023 World Rafting Championships confirm that more than 90 Senior National Teams from 32 Countries will arrive to Italy for the global event from 26 th June to 2 nd July! More than 40 are already entered for the Men races, while more than 20 teams will be in action in the Women category. 23 teams have been registered for the...
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During the first 10 days of March the Fédération Royal Maroccaine de Rafting held a course of for river guides. Two experienced guides cooperated with the local organisation: Mr Zach is an international rafting trainer and assessor from United Kingdom with over 30 seasons of experience working in outdoor adventure, and he is one of the...
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Earlier this month the African Rafting Council was elected and for the first time in history the continent has a shared river movement that can connect and develop every rafting reality in the different member nations. The outcome of the meeting displays: President: Belabbas El Mamoun (Morocco) 1st Vice President: Ady Fall (Senegal) 2nd Vice...
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26th June – 2nd July 2023 Dear Sport friends , on behalf of the Italian Rafting Federation and Adda Viva Valtellina SSD, it is my pleasure to extend a warm invitation to your National teams to participate in the upcoming World Rafting Championships, which will be held in Valtellina, Italy from June 26 th to July 2 nd . This prestigious event will...
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WRF has revealed the venues that will play host to the Rafting weekends during the 2023. Next year, the Senior World Championships will be held in Italy (Sondrio) and the registrations are already open. Massimo Desiati,President of the Sport Department: “ Following strong collaboration between the WRF and Pan-American Council, we are pleased to...
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Today RX has been the last discipline of the Pan-American Champs and many countries with a lot of river experience competed through the strategic gates for the first time: it has been demanding but satisfying. On the first day of the event the qualification phase on the Arenera rapid at Puente Miranda decided the RX matches. In the men category...
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Last night heavy rain strongly increased the water level and the put-in of women and mix teams has been moved after the two 4 level rapids that are in the first km. The men paddled the 8 km downriver that required the combination of fast paddling in the slow parts and clean technique in the long demanding rapids. Venezuela - Derrumbe rapid The...
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First day of competition was the literal definition of slalom! The RX qualification inaugurated the race weekend with a fast sprint on the slalom course. Best time (91.77) was scored by the home team of Colombia 3 in the men category. William Fernando Sarmiento, Diego Tapias, Diego Mejia, Jorge Gomez and Sebastian Rojas will face Brasil, with the...
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At the beginning of the Pan-American rafting championship the first Pan-American Council in history has been elected in the Valle de San Josè, Santander, Colombia. Martin Martinez, the WRF representative of the athletes, welcomed the delegations and opened the meeting, presenting the members: President Freddy Merchan (Colombia) Vice-president...
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One day to go! 33 teams landed in San Gil, in the Valle the San Josè. The department of Santander, Colombia, is hosting the Pan-American Rafting Championship from 28 September to 2 October. Teams from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Perù and Venezuela arrived and are ready to paddle in rio Fonce. Italy sent a mix...
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Following the yesterday’s Board of Directors and several meetings among the event’s organisers in the previous days, we are sorry to comunicate that WRF is forced to postpone the Asian Championship. The race was supposed to be held from 16th to 23rd September 2022 in Himachal Pradesh state, in the northern India . Heavy rain during the last week...
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The 980 m venue in Çekerek district in the Yozgat province, Türkiye, is the second WRF Centre of Excellence . From 15th to 20th July, after months of careful planning and construction, the venue had a successful inauguration during a World Rafting competition: the International Gran Prix of Türkiye . 171 athletes competed in the 3 rafting...
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The World Rafting Federation has concluded a free technical workshop for the Delegations of Morocco and Iran in the city of Villeneuve, Italy from 10-12 July. The workshop is part of the WRF Developing Programme , which aims to develop the skills and quality of professional sports athletes and coaches worldwide. It was led by professional...
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First race day of the Euro Cup in Villeneuve was opened by the RX selection on 7th afternoon: Dora Baltea river welcomed 128 athletes and 27 teams with its III grade rapids, that selected the matches of the knock-out phase that is taking place today. Later in the day, yesterday, the the first points were scored with the 6kms of Downriver ,...
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Next week Aosta Valley will welcome 135 athletes for the Euro Cup in Villeneuve : on 7th, 8th and 9th July they will compete in the III level rapids of Dora Baltea. 28 teams competing is 7 categories will land in Italy: despite the lack of water in Valtellina, where the competition was supposed to be, Dora Baltea river has a good water level for...
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Due to local political issues we are sorry to inform that the 2022 World Rafting Championship, supposed to be held in Zubin Potok, is officially cancelled. The dates of all the other international races are confirmed. Check out the official calendar of the upcoming events:...
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WRF recently had the honor to interview Professor Stephan Wassong . He is a German sport scientist and university lecturer. He studied sports science at the German Sport University of Cologne and at SUNY Cortland in New York state, completed his habilitation in the field of sports history and sports education. From 2007 to 2009 he was an...
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Euro Cup Due to the unusual low water level of Adda river in Valtellina (Sondrio, Italy) the Euro Cup in Italy has been moved to Aosta Valley (Villeneuve, Aosta, Italy). Participation fee and the dates of the competition will not change: Dora Baltea river (III level) will welcome the athletes from 6th to 9th July 2022 . Bulletin 2 - 2022 Euro Cup...
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Following the initial decisions adopted by the WRF Executive Board and the WRF Board of Directors, which envisaged the adoption of additional measures, WRF has approved a new delibeartion in response to the terrible news and imagines of the war crimes in Ukraine; in its decision the governing body of World Rafting has taken into consideration the...
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Euro Rafting Cup 2022 in Zubin Potok was supposed to be held from 29th to 1st May. The race has to be rescheduled for later date d ue to technical problems on the dam that releases the water of Ibar river for the competition. The organizers will find a suitable date in WRF calendar once the malfunction is solved. We are very sorry for the...
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