Canoe sprint
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Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed canoes or kayaks on calm water over a short distance. The sport is governed over by the International Canoe Federation and it is one of the two kayaking and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics. The other Olympic canoeing discipline is canoe slalom.
This article is about the overarching sport canoe sprint, which is practiced both in kayaks and canoes. For the sport exclusively practiced in canoes, see Sprint canoe.
Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing.