End clap, Saturday November 5 in Pattaya (Thailand), on the 39th congress of the International Canoe-Kayak Federation (ICF). It concluded with a series of modifications known as “ minor » rules for almost all disciplines, Olympic or not. At the top of the list, a change of name for the new Olympic event, extreme slalom, set to make its entry into the program at the Paris 2024 Games. It loses its extreme qualifier and now takes the name kayak cross. According to the president of the ICF canoe slalom commission, Jean Michel Prono, this new name should prevent any confusion with the already existing whitewater canoe-kayak formats, and align the discipline with other Olympic events bearing the word cross. Among other decisions taken by the congress, the transfer of doping screening operations to the International Testing Agency (ITA). The next ICF Congress will be held in 2024 in Antalya, Turkey.
