CANOEING/ROWING

1. How have you prepared differently for this quadrennial than previous cycles?

TEAM TTO rower Felice Aisha Chow said she was more relieved than excited when she booked her ticket to the July 23-August 8 Tokyo Olympics despite a challenging re-scheduled final on Friday.

With the Americas Continental Qualification Regatta finally stroking off in Rio de Janeiro Thursday - after the...

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TT rower Felice Aisha Chow booked her spot at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics with a solid showing at the Continental Qualification Regatta in Rio, Brazil, on Friday.

The earliest canoes date from 6,000 B.C. though it is likely that people used similar forms of transportation even earlier.

The Americas were likely a fertile ground for canoe development, with Native Americans using cloth and animal skins to cover a hollowed-out wooden log canoe frame, while Eskimos are thought to have developed the kayak, where one or two paddlers sit in a partially enclosed seat.

In the mid 19th century a Scotsman named James Mac Gregor developed the Rob Roy, a canoe with sail, mast and paddles. He used it to make a number of expeditions in Europe and Palestine that he wrote about extensively, helping to bring the sport to a wide audience.

Within two decades, canoeing became a competitive sport in England, and clubs started spreading across the eastern United States. In the early 20th century, the sport became popular in many parts of Europe, and it was a demonstration sport in the Paris Olympics of 1924. By the Berlin Olympics of 1936, it was recognized as a full competitive sport.

The Trinidad and Tobago Canoe/ Kayak Federation (TTCKF) promotes and develops the sport of canoeing and kayaking in this country. The federation was accepted as a member of the International Canoe Federation in October 2004, but started to act as a body in early 2007. Please follow this link for the facebook page of the TTCKF

T&T's rower Felice Aisha Chow has qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games.