BELGRADE, SERBIA (June 3, 2017) — Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON) has won a bronze medal in the Women’s C1 500m at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 3 in Belgrade, Serbia. This is Vincent’s fifth medal of the World Cup tour including four from last week in Szeged.
Michelle Russell (Fall River, NS) had a solid seventh place finish today in the Women’s K1 500m.
Laurence Vincent Lapointe (Trois-Rivières, QC) won her semi-final in the Women’s C1 200m to advance to tomorrow’s final. Nadya Crossman-Serb (Winnipeg, MB) and Katie Vincent won their C2 500m semi-final to qualify for tomorrow’s final. Hannah MacIntosh (Dartmouth, NS) and Rowan Hardy-Kavanagh (Ottawa, ON) will also race tomorrow’s C2 500m final after finishing third in their semi.
The Women’s K4 500m crew of Courtney Stott (Pickering, ON), Lissa Bissonnette (Sherbrooke, QC), Michelle Russell (Fall River, NS) and Andréanne Langlois (Québec, QC) rounded out the line-up of Canadian paddlers advancing to A-finals for tomorrow after finishing second in their semi.
Tomorrow is the final day of Sprint World Cup competition in Belgrade.
Results and Live Streaming Video
Summary of Results
| Athlete | Event | Result |
| Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON) | Women’s C1 500m | 3rd overall
Bronze medal |
| Michelle Russell (Fall River, NS) | Women’s K1 500m | 7th overall |
| Mark Oldershaw (Burlington, ON)
Craig Spence (Dartmouth, NS) |
Men’s C2 1000m | 11th overall |
| Roland Varga (Richmond Hill, ON)
Drew Hodges (Ottawa, ON) |
Men’s C2 1000m | 12th overall |
| Jarret Kenke (Saskatoon, SK)
Marshall Hughes (Waverley, NS) |
Men’s K2 1000m | 12th overall |
| Mark James (Dartmouth, NS) | Men’s C1 1000m | 14th overall |
| Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent (Trois-Rivières, QC) | Women’s C1 500m | 14th overall |
| Semi-finals | ||
| Laurence Vincent Lapointe (Trois-Rivières, QC) | Women’s C1 200m | 1st in semi
Advanced to A-final |
| Nadya Crossman-Serb (Winnipeg, MB)
Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON) |
Women’s C2 500m | 1st in semi
Advanced to A-final |
| Courtney Stott (Pickering, ON)
Lissa Bissonnette (Sherbrooke, QC) Michelle Russell (Fall River, NS) Andréanne Langlois (Québec, QC) |
Women’s K4 500m | 2nd in semi
Advanced to A-final |
| Hannah MacIntosh (Dartmouth, NS)
Rowan Hardy-Kavanagh (Ottawa, ON) |
Women’s C2 500m | 3rd in semi
Advanced to A-final |
| Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent (Trois-Rivières, QC) | Women’s C1 200m | 4th in semi
Advanced to B-final |
| Michelle Russell (Fall River, NS)
Andréanne Langlois (Québec, QC) |
Women’s K2 500m | 4th in semi
Advanced to B-final |
| Mark Oldershaw (Burlington, ON)
Roland Varga (Richmond Hill, ON) |
Men’s C2 500m | 4th in semi
Advanced to B-final |
| Lissa Bissonnette (Sherbrooke, QC) | Women’s K1 200m | 5th in semi
Advanced to B-final |
| Alanna Bray-Lougheed (Oakville, ON)
Natalie Davison (Ottawa, ON) |
Women’s K2 500m | 5th in semi
Advanced to B-final |
| Ryan Cochrane (Windsor, NS)
Pierre-Luc Poulin (Lac-Beauport, QC) Marshall Hughes (Waverley, NS) Maxence Beauchesne (Trois Rivières, QC) |
Men’s K4 500m | 5th in semi
Advanced to B-final |
| Mark James (Dartmouth, NS)
Drew Hodges (Ottawa, ON) |
Men’s C2 500m | 8th in semi
Advanced to B-final |
| Alex Scott (Bedford, NS) | Men’s K1 200m | 5th in semi
Advanced to C-final |
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