TOKYO (AP) — Nevin Harrison saved her tears for the finish line, where they came pouring out over a golden smile. The American teenager made women's Olympic history on Thursday when she surged over ...

TOKYO (AP) — The women's canoe sprint 200 is making its Olympic debut on Wednesday with optimism about gender equity in the sport, and a nagging sense of skepticism about how one gold medal favorite ...

The sport joins a series of Olympic events that were belatedly expanded to include women. By Remy Tumin Nearly 30 years after canoeing made its Olympic debut, women finally have a shot at gold. On ...

VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

A Phenix City teenager took home the gold Friday at the international kayak championships in the Chattahoochee River. Makinley Kate Hargrove, 16, earned the top spot with a score of 251.67 in the ...

PARIS, Aug 9 (Reuters) - New Zealand won Olympic gold in the women's kayak double 500m at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Friday. Hungary came in second to secure the silver medal, with ...

American teen Nevin Harrison won gold in the inaugural women's canoe single 200-meter final in Tokyo on Thursday, becoming the first winner of the Olympic event. She took home the U.S.' first canoe or ...

TOKYO (AP) — For years, Australia's Jessica Fox was among those pushing to get women's canoe slalom accepted as an Olympic sport. With a history-making gold medal within her reach, she was not going ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When breast cancer turned her life upside down, Anna Lucia Amorim, a ...