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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could only qualify one boat (and thus earn one women's canoe quota place) in the event; however, NOCs could enter up to 2 boats in the event if they had enough women's canoe quota places from other events (that is, the C-2). A total of 12 qualification places were available, initially allocated as follows:
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The term ama is a word in the Polynesian and Micronesian languages to describe the outrigger part of a canoe to provide stability. Today, among the various Polynesian countries, the word ama is often used together with the word vaka (Cook Islands) or waka or va'a (Samoa Islands, Tahiti), cognate words in various Polynesian languages to describe a canoe.
Hōkūleʻa [2] [3] is a performance-accurate waʻa kaulua, [4] [5] a Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Launched on 8 March 1975 [ 8 ] by the Polynesian Voyaging Society , it is best known for its 1976 Hawaiʻi to Tahiti voyage completed with exclusively traditional navigation techniques.
The album was preceded by the +–=÷× Tour. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] On 27 December 2024, +–=÷× (Tour Collection: Live) was released with live versions of songs from Sheeran's catalogue. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The album peaked at number one in the United Kingdom, and reached the top ten in Ireland, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.
Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London were contested in two main disciplines: canoe slalom, from 29 July to 2 August, and canoe sprint, from 6 to 11 August. [1] The slalom competition was held at the Lee Valley White Water Centre and the sprint events were staged at Eton College Rowing Centre, at Dorney Lake, known as Eton Dorney.
The Take Me Home Tour [2] was the second headlining concert tour by English-Irish boy band One Direction, in support of their second studio album, Take Me Home (2012). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The tour began on 23 February 2013 in London, England, and concluded on 3 November 2013 in Chiba, Japan.
The 2021 ICF World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 6 to 11 July 2021, under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation (ICF). [1]