U.S. Olympic Trials for Canoe Slalom

Date: April 11 - 14, 2012

Venue: U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, North Carolina

United States of America

What: 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials for Canoe Slalom and 2012 Canadian Olympic Trials

Where: U.S. National Whitewater Center

Dates: Thursday, April 12 – Saturday, April 14

Please see this letter from a Concerned Paddling Enthusiast:

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Dear Sports Fans:

The U.S. Olympic Trials for whitewater slalom kayak and canoe will be held at the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, North Carolina on April 11-14, 2012. The results of this competition will determine which athletes go on to represent the U.S.A. at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. One problem: women canoeists are not allowed to participate in the Olympic Games, simply because they have been historically excluded from participation. The women kayakers and canoeists will all earn medals at these Olympic Trials, but only the kayakers will actually be able to turn those medals and qualification into a trip to the Olympics. For the women canoeists it’s really the ”Olympic Tribulations”. They do the work, spend their own hard earned money to train and travel, but all they get for it is a little medal, and a trip back home.

Read the rest of the letter at Women CAN International's Blog.

More about the Olympic Trials HERE.

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