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The ''Kraków-Kolna Canoe Slalom Course'' is an
File:Podczas_zawodów_(9212195217).jpg, From the foot bridge, the top 10 gates. British C-2 team.
File:Tor_"Kolna"_(9212217951).jpg, From the foot bridge, the lower gates.
File:Podczas_zawodów_(9215007304).jpg, The K-1W team final. The first Spanish boat at gate #12.
File:Podczas_zawodów_(9214993890).jpg, The C-2 team final. The first two Slovakian boats pass gate #12.
File:Tor_Kolna.jpg, From the road bridge, the finish line.
The ''Kraków-Kolna Canoe Slalom Course'' is an artificial whitewater
An artificial whitewater course (AWWC) is a site for whitewater canoeing, whitewater kayaking, whitewater racing, whitewater rafting, playboating and slalom canoeing with artificially generated rapids.
Course types
Main types of course:
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course in Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
, on the south bank of the Vistula River
The Vistula (; pl, Wisła, ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest river in Europe, at in length. The drainage basin, reaching into three other nations, covers , of which is in Poland.
The Vistula rises at Barania Góra in ...
, in the suburb of Kolna, west of Krakow. It is fed with river water diverted around a nearby dam. The top of the course is a flatwater start pool that is covered in winter by a long white tent. Air inside the tent is heated, but the water is cold.
This Olympic-standard slalom course is the site of frequent international competitions. In June 2013, it hosted the European Championships. It is part of a larger complex called the Kolna Sports and Recreation Center (Ośrodek Sportu i Rekreacji „Kolna") which includes a canal for flatwater sprint canoeing and an indoor gymnasium and swimming pool.
Design
The concrete channel has a flat bottom and vertical sides. The flow diverters are two pairs of concrete wing dams and clusters of vertical blue and green plastic bollards attached to peg boards on the channel bottom. A foot bridge across the channel joins the first pair of wing dams. To modernize the course for the 2013 European Championships, the top section was made shorter and steeper by extending the length of the start pool. This change entailed raising the channel walls in the section above the foot bridge. Work was completed in April 2013.
Gallery
European Canoe Slalom Championships, June 2013References
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