ICF's 2020 Women's Canoe Proposal Lacks a Strategy and Transparency / Women's Canoe = Ready for Rio

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A proposal from the International Canoe Federation (ICF) to include two women’s canoe single events in the 2020 Olympics has left Australian Canoe Slalom World Champion Jessica Fox “unimpressed.” She was angered by the November 15, 2013 ICF news release claiming its 2020 decision should “certainly please” her. The release included a photograph of Fox (in her kayak, not her canoe) with arms outstretched after a recent victory.

“As a C1 woman, to know it will be in the Olympics is great news, however as a high level athlete, ready for Rio, I am upset that you would assume that this will ‘certainly please’ me, because in fact, I am not celebrating with my arms outstretched,” said Fox. ”To be honest it’s a slap in the face and misleading.”

It has been 12 days since the press release and the ICF has yet to communicate proposal details and a strategy for what they will do, when they will do it, or how. More confusing, the press release does not appear on their website.

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