Paddling Life: Paris 2024: All Eyes on Evy and Eichfeld (Bonus: Watch Evy’s Qualifying Run)

After April’s two U.S. team trial competitions—the first at the new Montgomery Whitewater facility in Montgomery, Ala., and two weeks later another at RiverSports OKC in Oklahoma City, both designed by fellow Olympian Scott Shipley of S20 Designs/Calibre Engineering—the country’s hopes for whitewater medals in this summer’s Paris Olympics come down to just two kayakers: female phenom Evy Leibfarth who qualified for women’s Kayak Slalom and Kayak Cross, and Casey Eichfeld, who qualified for men’s...