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Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park Completed
The Shunyi Rowing-Canoeing Park

The Shunyi Rowing-Canoeing Park delivered

The new Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, built for the Games of the 29th Olympiad, was officially delivered Saturday morning. On August 8, the Shunyi Rowing-Canoeing Park will host the 2007 World Rowing Junior Championships, this year's very first "Good Luck Beijing" sport event in Beijing. [Full story]

Competitions

RowingRowingTactically, it sounds as ludicrous as sprinting the first five kilometres of a marathon. To win a 2000-metre rowing race, the crew must sprint for the first 500 metres. More>>

Canoe / Kayak -- FlatwaterCanoe / Kayak -- FlatwaterA whalebone and driftwood frame, with a sea-lion skin stretched tautly over it and waterproofed with whale fat, hardly suggests a budding Olympic sport. More>>

Canoe/Kayak -- SlalomCanoe/Kayak -- SlalomA whalebone and driftwood frame, with a sea-lion skin stretched tautly over it and waterproofed with whale fat, hardly suggests a budding Olympic sport. More>>