1. ICF WILDWATER CANOEING
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sort, ESP 7-13 JUNE, 2010
Additional information
1st Bulletin
April 2010
2. Sort, 7-13 June, 2010
1.- MASTER COMPETITION PROGRAMME
Thursday 10th June:
18,00h Master Team Leaders Meeting
Friday 11th June:
14,00h Master World Race
20,00h Master Race Awards Ceremony
The course:
Discipline for Master: Classic Race
Itinerary: The same itinerary as the ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships
Classic Wildwater Race
The whole course can be followed along the C-13 local road. The river is visible from the
road and there are many control posts for the technicians, ambulances, media, etc.
In the boarding (la Moleta) as well as in the disembarkment area (Rialp), all the necessary
services for Paddlers and for Team Leaders, Media, Security, Spectators, Collaborators and
Organisers can be found.
Description of the course:
A class III course combining rapids areas with other ones where paddlers can accelerate the
kayak/canoe to face next rapid. The length of the course is 6.800 m.
The following is a description of the rapids:
Starting at Pla de la Moleta, turning right and entering into a zone of continuous rapids for
about 2 km (class III-IV), until Pont de Gulleri. After the bridge, the first step is Salt de
l’Àngel, a stopper that can be taken through the right. The next rapid is called La Sirga, with
another stopper crossed through the centre–left side. In L’illa, the river splits in two, the left
arm being the fastest. The last rapid is El Quatre Espanyol. After that, there is a 2 km sec-
tion until the arrival in Rialp.
(More information in the 1st bulletin, February 2010)
3. Sort, 7-13 June, 2010
2.- BOAT CONTROL
It will be placed in the kayak School Centre.
The boat control will be on 7th and 8th June (Monday and Tuesday). Each country will have
assigned a concrete hour and day for their boats control.
Soon, after closing numerals entries, the organization will provide the control boat schedule
to national federations.
3.– NUMERAL ENTRIES
The Organization would thank the Federations if they could advance the numeral entries in
order to provide a provisional list of countries which will take part in the ICF Wildwater Ca-
noeing World Championships, Sort 2010.
4.– REFERING THE PROGRAMME
The Meeting on Thursday 10th June will be the Master Team Leader Meeting
The Awards Ceremony on Friday 11th June at 20,00h will be the Master Race Awards Cere-
mony.
5. BOOKING ACCOMODATION
A professional service has been hired to centralize all bookings for accommodation in rela-
tion to the international event. You may contact the aforementioned service through the link
on the web site www.sort2010.org
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Official Website
You can reach the official website of the competition through the homepage of :
www.sort2010.org