Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed canoes or kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. Traditionally the term canoeing is used as a hypernym for both kayaking and canoeing.
Canoe sprint
John MacGregor paddles through the small German town of Tuttlingen
Image: Rio 2016. Canoagem de velocidade Canoe sprint (29147504455)
Image: Rio 2016. Canoagem de velocidade Canoe sprint (29069833911)
A canoe is a lightweight narrow water vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel and using paddles.
Birch bark canoe, Ilnu Museum in Mashteuiatsh, Quebec, Canada
A B.N. Morris Canoe Company wood-and-canvas canoe built approximately 1912
Birch bark canoe at Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine
Bark canoe in Australia, Howitt 1904