China continues to return one by one all the international events it was to organize in 2022, and now also in 2023. The International Canoe-Kayak Federation (ICF) announces that it has re-located the Canoe-Kayak Championships to Krakow, Poland. world junior and under-23 slalom events in 2023. They were initially scheduled to take place in Miyi County, located in the Chinese province of Sichuan. “ But continued uncertainty over the COVID situation there has made it difficult to continue the operation, explains the ICF. The Chinese Canoe Federation last month requested that the 2023 event be moved. » Krakow hosted the last junior and under-23 world championships in 2019. The Polish city regularly organizes World Cup events, the latest in June 2022. The 2023 World Championships will take place from August 15 to 20.
— Published on August 3, 2022