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Growing the rafting family in Argentina
Our river family is growing with great news from the welcoming and beautiful community of Villa Pehuenia and Moquehue in Neuquén, Argentina where we held last year's IRF World Rafting Championship. The event created a buzz in the community…

#AreYouReady to race on the legendary Futaleufú River?
It gives us great pleasure to officially announce that in March 2020 the IRF will once again pack our bags and travel to the legendary whitewater of Chile's Futaleufú river to host an historic 20th anniversary rafting event - the 2020…

No adverse anti doping results at WRC 2018
The IRF is pleased to announce that the results from the anti-doping tests done at the IRF’s 2018 World Rafting Champs in Argentina showed no adverse results. Thanks go to all the athlete’s for keeping our sport clean of doping.

Czechia have a golden day on the Alumine
The IRF's 2018 World Rafting Champs came to a spectacular close today with the arduous Downriver. The rain and sprinkles of snow on the surrounding mountains did nothing to dampen the teams' enjoyment of the awesome white water that the…

Skills, spills and thrills – Slalom on the Ruca Choroi
The teams gathered along the banks of the River Ruca Choroi, to test their skills against the hard slalom course set for them. The river is an innocuous, narrow, Class 2 with 1 Class 3 rapid on it, normally simple to negotiate. But today…

Gold medal clashes in Head-to-head
The first race of the day was a great illustration of the excitement that the new format with buoys has brought to the Head-to-Head (H2H). Netherlands Open Women came down the last part of the course needing to round the final buoy and as…

Stunning day for WRC Sprints on the Alumine
The day got off to a crispy start as the temperatures had dropped below zero during the night - frost gave the terrain a ghostly appearance as the participants arrived for the day's races. As the day warmed up so did the competition - the…

Planes, rafts and automobiles – preparations for IRF World Rafting Championship 2018
Logistics in planning an International Rafting Federation World Rafting Championship is a phenomenal feat made successful only by the hard work of thousands of people from across the globe. Front and centre, visible to all is the Event Director…

We are river family – meet Rado Orokocky
After a White Water Slalom career spanning 20 years, Rado switched to rafting. His first contact with rafting was in 1997 for two years. Then he rejoined into in 2004 until now. At first he started with his team on several European and World…