By Steffan Meyric Hughes Photos : Tom Clare Photography , Harry Price , Bence Vekassy / International Canoe Federation , Bartosz Czauderna , Rudiger Hauser , Mike Shaw , Lisette Nixon , Seth Warren , Kevin Bonar , Bartosz Czauderna , Jason Ambrose , Nichole Jones , Peter Holcombe & Ottilie Robinson-Shaw
It has been a decade since the 2012 London Olympics when team GB showed up and delivered medal after medal to the watching public . You ’ ll have to wait until the winter to watch the 2022 world cup in Qatar , and that ’ s only football . This year , the real event is the ICF Freestyle Worlds in Nottingham in the summer .
You ' ve checked the website ,
https :// britishcanoeingevents . org . uk / freestyle2022 /, you ’ ve got the spectator info , your free entry , taken part in the festival , partied the night away , and now you ’ re sat down , hot dog in hand , ready to watch the action ! It might then dawn on you that you don ’ t have a clue about freestyle kayaking ! Perhaps you don ’ t know your McNasty from your pistol flip , your Lunar orbit from your Tricky woo or your bow screw from your ... Only joking … you won ’ t see the squirting anyway , at least not without diving gear .
Well , fear not ! You don ’ t need to know ! You ’ re here to enjoy the ride , not to judge . This article will not explain the moves the top athletes will be pulling , but it will tell you who you are coming to watch ! And the storylines behind the scenes ...
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