London 2012 Canoe Slalom venue on course

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London 2012 Canoe Slalom venue on course

15 Mar 2010

Team GB canoeist Laura Blakeman today visited the London 2012 venue for Canoe Slalom to see the construction progress being made on its construction.

Laura Blakeman visits Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre

The Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre will include a 300m competition course, a 160m intermediate/training course and a 10,000sq m lake. This lake will feed a system of pumps that will provide water for the competition course. The white water will be created by these pumps and obstacles placed in the course

The starting pool of the Olympic competition course has been completed and the venue is on track to be ready later this year.

Once the Centre is complete, it will be owned, funded and operated by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) as a sporting and leisure facility for canoeing and white-water rafting, as well as a major competition and training venue for elite events.

Team GB canoeist Laura Blakeman said: ‘It’s great to see the progress being made on this fantastic new canoeing venue, particularly the completion of the Olympic starting pool where I hope to compete on home soil in 2012.

‘It was having local canoeing facilities that helped me in the early stages of my career so I’m delighted that after the excitement of the Games in 2012 this new venue will leave a lasting sporting legacy for a new generation of canoeists of all ages and abilities.’

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