Tony Estanguet, the three-time Olympic C1 slalom champion, is enjoying an active sporting retirement. After joining Bernard Lapasset, the president of the IRB, at the head of the new French cell for international sports relations, he now supports the candidacy of Pau-Pyrénées for the organization of the canoe-kayak slalom and downhill world championships. in 2017. A competition that the French Federation and the city of Pau intend to host on the whitewater stadium of the Pyrenean city, with a capacity of 3500 spectators. The 27 members of the jury of the International Canoe-Kayak Federation will meet on March 16 to choose between the two competing candidates, Pau and the Polish city of Krakow.
— Published March 7, 2013
