Kayak cross is one of the new events making an Olympic debut at the 2024 Paris Games, and it's one you'll want to see for yourself because it is absolutely chaotic. Part of the canoe slalom family of ...

Splash, bang, wallop! The bangs and wallops are as inevitable as all the splashing in an event where chaos reigns and kayakers are prone to lose a tooth or two. When the IOC added kayak cross – ...

Great Britain's Joe Clarke wins a first World Cup gold medal of the season as he claims victory in the kayak cross final in ...

The Olympics are a spectacle, a tribute to human achievement, a periodic reminder of the biological magic of the body, all filled with powerful stories about competitors who have dedicated their lives ...

This is not what kayak fans are used to seeing at the Olympics.Competitors' boats drop into the water from a 15-foot-high platform as three other paddlers work furiously to gain traction.Video above: ...

VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France — This is not what kayak fans are used to seeing at the Olympics. Competitors dropping their contacts into the water from a 15-foot-high platform as three other paddlers work ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the Games, head to our latest updates. MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In the new Olympic sport of Kayak Cross the rules are quite simple ...

One of the newest sports in the Olympics is taking over the Paris Games, mostly because it's so beautifully chaotic, which is what people seem to be loving about it on social media. The sport is ...

VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France — Twenty or so miles outside of Paris is a small town, lush with greenery, that locals visit as an escape from the city. Folks can golf, hike, sunbathe on the beach, or spend ...

The event is new at the Games this year and it will feature plenty of barrel-rolling action on the water. Plus, Stephen Nedoroscik and Simone Biles compete for more medals. It’s Day 8 of the Olympics, ...