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Lake Lanier might not be perfect, but it’s safer for swimming than the Parana River in Argentina. According to The Associated Press, it’s been hot in Argentina. Not surprising because it’s summertime there. To cool off from 100-degree temperatures near the town of Rosario, bathers went …
The only way you could get me to the edge of Lake Lanier at noon on New Year’s Day for the 17th Annual Lake Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club’s Polar Bear Swim and Chili Cook Off is … Yeah, no. There isn’t any way. None. …
Nicholas Oliver, our media contact with USA Canoe/Kayak, put considerable effort into a review of the highlights of the flatwater sprint season of 2013, including what happened on and off the water. We congratulate everyone involved — especially our friends at the Lanier Canoe and Kayak …
Our friends who manage the Lake Lanier Olympic Venue at Clarks Bridge Park in Gainesville, GA, are looking for a Venue Manager, according to board member and terrific person Stacey Dickson. Here’s the Deal JOB DUTIES The Lake Lanier Olympic Venue Manager facilitates and implements …
The construction of the new bridge on Clarks Bridge Road / State Route 284 Bridge at the Lake Lanier Olympic Center has been rescheduled to begin before Thanksgiving. According to Georgia DOT District Construction Engineer Harold Mull, “Crews are moving equipment and materials to the project …
An Argentine mural artist known as “Jaz” has jazzed up the timing tower at the Olympic Rowing Venue at Clarks Bridge Park at the northern end of Lake Lanier. Franco Fasoli — which, if you say it with a Spanish accent, is every bit as cool …
The 18th Annual Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival is scheduled for Saturday, September 14, 2013, at the Olympic Rowing Venue on Lake Lanier. Sorry, but you won’t have time to create your own dragon boat, if you don’t have one already. The 39-foot teakwood (or fiberglass) racers take …
A day after finishing 14th in women’s K-2 500m, Maggie Hogan (Oklahoma City, Okla.) and Kaitlyn McElroy (Oklahoma City, Okla.) placed 15th in the 200m distance. They placed 6th in their 200m B Final with a time of 40.574, which was +1.042 seconds behind the …
It took 16 years for the Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club to produce it’s first Olympian in Tim Hornsby who competed at the 2012 Games and is racing this weekend at the 2013 ICF ParaCanoe World Championships in Germany. New USA Canoe/Kayak Sprint High Performance …
The Gainesville/Hall ‘96 Foundation and its newly elected board of directors met for the first time on Friday, August 17, 2013, at the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce (GHCC) offices in Gainesville. The non-profit organization’s goal is to restore the Lake Lanier 1996 Olympic Rowing Venue …