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Russian Dragonboats carry Olympic Flame for the Winter Olympics 2014
The Russian Dragon Boat Federation as a member of the Russian National Olympic Committee carried the Olympic flame of the Winter Games in Sochi 2014 in the traditional relay, as the flame was on its way to light the Olympic Fire. See all photos...
Dates changed for the 1st IDBF World Cup
The inaugural IDBF WORLD CUP will now take place in Fuzhou, China, on the 11th and 12th June 2014. It was originally intended to hold the World Cup on the Double Fifth starting the 2 June 2014 but because the ADBF Championships in Macau are...
Dragon Boat International Magazine
In this issue: Szeged Results: World Cup & Members News: CCWC Ravenna: Congress News & 2014 Calendar Magazine December 2013
IDBF Newsletter – Sept.2013
The September Newsletter from the IDBF is now available for download. In this issue news from the IDBF congress held in Szeged, reports from the IDBF Executive Presidient on the past year (and on the IDBF IOC Application), and the full Nations Cup...
Szeged – Some pictures of this amazing World Championships
Rafael Veve, a supporter of Team USA, sent us links to his galleries of the Szeged Worlds. Here are the links. Practice Day 1 Practice Day 2 2000m races 1000m races 500m races 200m races 1000m - USA Senior A Mixed - Gold Medal
SportAccord and Athletes World Foundation Announce Strategic Alliance
Press Release from SportAccord SportAccord and Athletes World Foundation (AWF) have signed a strategic alliance with the aim of contributing to the academic development of youth globally, through the attribution of academic scholarships to athletes...
IDBF KayakPro Ergo World Series
Racing The Dragon Off The Water Over the past few years the Dragon Boat Ergometer (DBE) developed by Grayson Bourne´s company KayakPro, has become the Ergo of choice formany paddlers and Dragon Boat Clubs around the world, as paddlers look for...
IDBF Coaches & race Officials Course, 1-10 March 2013, Cyprus
The IDBF, in conjunction with the Cyprus Dragon Boat Association, will be organizing a series of IDBF courses to qualify applicants in Helming Dragon Boats and Coaching Dragon Boaters from novice level (Participation) up to coaching crews at...
Manfred Russ receives Honorary VP award from IDBF
As a tribute to Manfred Russ´ many significant contributions to the development of the modern sport of dragon boat racing, he was honored during this weekend´s EDBF Special Congress held in Hamburg, Germany. Mike Haslam, Executive President of the...
3rd Florence Dragon Boat Pink Meeting
The Dragon Lady Florence are happy to announce the dates of the third edition of the Florence Dragon Boat Pink Meeting, on 25-26 May 2013. It is the weekend immediately following the Vogalonga in Venice to allow teams who come from overseas to...
Hong Kong – Some pictures of the CCWC
Rafael Veve, supporter of 22Dragons teams, has shared with us some of his pictures of the latest CCWC presented in Hong Kong. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4
EDBF Special Congress 10 and 11 November, Hamburg Germany
The EDBF Board is preparing a Special Congress meeting for 10 and 11 November to discuss ways to further stimulate dragon boat racing in Europe. This will also allow country reps to get a feel for the host city, Hamburg, and the facilities on...