IKCA

Since time immemorial, man has derived immense pleasure from swimming. Over a period of time it has given shape to some more exciting concepts about water sports such as Kayaking & Canoeing which has now gained popularity throughout the world. The present day Canoes and Kayaks used in Olympics today are the improved versions of original log canoes which were used for fishing and transportation in the ancient times. To describe briefly, a Canoe is an open boat which is normally paddled with a kneeling position and is always propelled by a single blade paddle while the Kayak is a light decked craft paddled from a seating position and propelled with a double blade paddle.

Today Kayaking & Canoeing is the fast growing competitive and recreational sport in the world which has 16 medals at Olympics and 35 medals at the Asian Games at stake. ICF has the following canoe and kayaking disciplines out of which Slalom alone has 4 Olympic medals versus hockey and football which has one medal each. We are now in the Priority List of Sports disciplines of the Government of India based on our performance during Asian Games 2006 in Doha.