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Also known as paracanoeing, para canoeing, paracanoe

thumb|right|Australian Curtis McGrath celebrates his win in the men's VL3 va'a event at the Tokyo Paralympics. Paracanoe is canoeing for athletes with a range of physical disabilities. The Paralympic version of the sport is governed by the International Canoe Federation (ICF), and a va'a-specific variant is governed by the International Va'a Federation (IVF).

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type of sport
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parasport
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Category:Paracanoe
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Paracanoe
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Equipment
  • ICF paracanoe
  • Classification
  • Competition format
  • ICF World Championships
  • IVF paracanoe
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|right|Australian Curtis McGrath celebrates his win in the men's VL3 va'a event at the Tokyo Paralympics. Paracanoe is canoeing for athletes with a range of physical disabilities. The Paralympic version of the sport is governed by the International Canoe Federation (ICF), and a va'a-specific variant is governed by the International Va'a Federation (IVF).

A meeting of the International Paralympic Committee in Guangzhou, China in 2010 decided to add paracanoe to the Paralympic programme. As a result, paracanoe debuted at the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics where single kayak races were contested.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “para canoe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.