This week's Canoe Slalom World Championships is at Lee Valley, which was built for the Olympics.
James Kettle and Phoebe Spicer from Hertfordshire are both competing in the championships, in the C1M and K1 C1 classes respectivelyAthletes representing Team GB at the Canoe Slalom World Championships said they were inspired by watching the London 2012 Olympics Games.
"A lot of my family can't watch me when I race abroad, so it'll be really cool for them to watch it," she said.Lee Valley Water Centre officially opened in 2011, ready for the Olympic Games the following year "I remember when I first started, seeing the top paddlers and saying 'I want to be like that'," he said.said living just six miles up the Lee Valley in Broxbourne provided opportunities to try the sport.
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