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SZEGED, HUNGARY (May 27, 2017) — Canadian sprint paddlers have won two medals on the first day of finals at ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 2 in Szeged, Hungary.
Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON) won a silver medal in the Women’s C1 500m and Erica Scarff (Toronto, ON) won a bronze in the Women’s KL3 200m Paracanoe event.
In the Men’s C1 1000m final, Craig Spence finished seventh overall. Zacharie Lauziere-Fitzgerald (Sherbrooke, QC) was seventh in the final of the Men’s KL3 200m Paracanoe event.
Laurence Vincent Lapointe (Trois-Rivières, QC) finished just off the podium in fourth position in the Women’s C1 500m final. She and Katie Vincent both won their semi-finals of the C1 200m distance to advance to tomorrow’s final. The two also paired together in the Women’s C2 500m to win their heat and advance directly to tomorrow’s final.
Nadya Crossman-Serb (Winnipeg, MB) and Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent (Trois-Rivières, QC) finished second in the C2 500 semi-final to also advance to tomorrow’s final. Between the Women’s C2 200m and 500m there will be four Canadian crews contending in finals tomorrow.
Michelle Russell (Fall River, NS) and Andréanne Langlois (Québec, QC) finished second in the Women’s K2 500m semi-final to qualify for tomorrow’s final.
Tomorrow is the last day of competition in Szeged. The Canadian Team will compete at the third and final Sprint World Cup next week in Belgrade, Serbia.
Results and Live Streaming Video
Summary of Results
| Athlete | Event | Result |
| Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON) | Women’s C1 500m | 2nd overall
Silver medal |
| Erica Scarff (Toronto, ON) | Women’s KL3 200m | 3rd overall
Bronze medal |
| Laurence Vincent Lapointe (Trois-Rivières, QC) | Women’s C1 500m | 4th overall |
| Craig Spence (Dartmouth, NS) | Men’s C1 1000m | 7th overall |
| Zacharie Lauziere-Fitzgerald (Sherbrooke, QC) | Men’s KL3 200m | 7th overall |
| Drew Hodges (Ottawa, ON) | Men’s C1 1000m | 17th overall |
| Marc Tarling (Pointe-Claire, QC)
Mark James (Dartmouth, NS) |
Men’s C2 1000m | 17th overall |
| Andréanne Langlois (Québec, QC) | Women’s K1 500m | 14th overall |
| Nick Matveev (Toronto, ON)
Jarret Kenke (Saskatoon, SK) |
Men’s K2 1000m | 27th overall |
| Semi-finals & Heats | ||
| Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON) | Women’s C1 200m | 1st in semi
Advanced to A-final |
| Laurence Vincent Lapointe (Trois-Rivières, QC) | Women’s C1 200m | 1st in semi
Advanced to A-final |
| Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON)
Laurence Vincent Lapointe (Trois-Rivières, QC) |
Women’s C2 500m | 1st in heat
Advanced to A-final |
| Nadya Crossman-Serb (Winnipeg, MB)
Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent (Trois-Rivières, QC) |
Women’s C2 500m | 2nd in semi
Advanced to A-final |
| Michelle Russell (Fall River, NS)
Andréanne Langlois (Québec, QC) |
Women’s K2 500m | 2nd in semi
Advanced to A-final |
| Michelle Russell (Fall River, NS) | Women’s K1 200m | 4th in semi
Advanced to B-final |
| Andréanne Langlois (Québec, QC) | Women’s K1 200m | 4th in semi
Advanced to B-final |
| Courtney Stott (Pickering, ON)
Lissa Bissonnette (Sherbrooke, QC) Alanna Bray-Lougheed (Oakville, ON) Natalie Davison (Ottawa, ON) |
Women’s K4 500m | 5th in semi
Advanced to B-final |
| Craig Spence (Dartmouth, NS)
Drew Hodges (Ottawa, ON) |
Men’s C2 500m | 6th 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 | 6th in semi
Advanced to B-final |
| Alex Scott (Bedford, NS) | Men’s K1 200m | 7th in semi
Did not advance |
| Courtney Stott (Pickering, ON)
Lissa Bissonnette (Sherbrooke, QC) |
Women’s K2 500m | 7th in semi
Did not advance |
| Mark Oldershaw (Burlington, ON)
Roland Varga (Richmond Hill, ON) |
Men’s C2 500m | 8th in semi
Did not advance |
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