Local canoer makes history

  • Photo courtesy of ICF Photography - Bryson City native Evy Leibfarth navigates through obstacles in a recent canoe slalom event. Leibfarth competed in the first-ever Olympic women’s canoe slalom event last week at just 17 years of age.
    Photo courtesy of ICF Photography - Bryson City native Evy Leibfarth navigates through obstacles in a recent canoe slalom event. Leibfarth competed in the first-ever Olympic women’s canoe slalom event last week at just 17 years of age.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics slalom competitions wrapped up Thursday, July 29 at the Kasai Slalom Center. For Evy Leibfarth, 17, of Bryson City, the experience was an amazing one as the first American…

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