London and Rio de Janeiro, which will stage the 2012 and 2016 Games, respectively, have secured major events over the coming four years after 27 ICF members voted for a total of 13 Championships. Rio will host the 2013 Canoe Sprint World Championships while London will stage the 2015 Canoe Slalom World Championships, edging out Bourg-Saint-Maurice in France.
“Selection had to be based on the quality of the venue, the potential of the organising committee and the interest of the sport,” said ICF second vice-president Richard Fox, referring to London’s victory in the 2015 tender. “It was certainly very difficult to choose, but a choice had to be made.” The 2013 Canoe Sprint World Championships was initially allocated to Szeged before the Hungarian city vacated its rights due to its victory in the race to host the 2011 Sprint Championships.
Deep Creek in Maryland, USA, beat Krakow in Poland and Vienna in Austria for the 2014 Canoe Slalom World Championships while Milan in Italy was awarded the 2015 Canoe Sprint World Championships ahead of Racice in the Czech Republic, Duisburg in Germany and Montemor-o-Velho in Portugal.
Other events awarded by the ICF included the 2013 Wildwater Canoeing (Sprint) World Championships in Solkan, Slovakia, the 2013 Dragon Boat Club Crew World Championships in Ukraine, the 2014 Junior and Under-23 Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary, the 2014 Junior and Under-23 Slalom World Championships in Sydney, Australia.
Thury-Harcourt in France will host the 2014 Polo World Championships, Poznan in Poland will stage the 2014 Dragon Boat National World Championships, Mont-o-Velho will hold the 2015 Junior and Under-23 Sprint World Championships, the 2015 Junior and Under-23 Slalom World Championships will take place in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, and Gyor in Hungary will stage the 2015 Marathon World Championships.
