BELGRADE, SERBIA (June 4, 2017) — Women’s Canoe athlete have won three medals to finish the final day of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 3 in Belgrade, Serbia. In total, Canada’s Women’s Canoe athletes have won nine medals over the course of two World Cups.
Laurence Vincent Lapointe (Trois-Rivières, QC) won a gold medal in the Women’s C1 200m to repeat a victory in the event from last weekend’s World Cup. Vincent Lapointe landed another medal later in the day with a silver in the Women’s C1 5000m.
Hannah MacIntosh (Dartmouth, NS) and Nadya Crossman-Serb (Winnipeg, MB) finished second in the Women’s C2 200m to earn a silver medal. Rowan Hardy-Kavanagh (Ottawa, ON) and Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent (Trois-Rivières, QC) finished fifth in the same race.
In the Women’s C2 500m, Rowan Hardy-Kavanagh and Hannah MacIntosh (Dartmouth, NS) finished fifth. Nadya Crossman-Serb (Winnipeg, MB) and Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON) were sixth in the same race.
Mark Oldershaw (Burlington, ON) finished eighth in the Men’s C1 5000m. Alanna Bray-Lougheed (Oakville, ON) and Natalie Davison (Ottawa, ON) finished eighth in the Women’s K2 200m.
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) finished ninth in the final.
The Canadian Sprint Team will return to Canada to continue preparations for World Championships in Racice, Czech Republic in late August. The Canoe Slalom World Cups are next up on the ICF calendar, starting in two weeks in Prague, Czech Republic.
Results
Summary of Results
| Athlete | Event | Result |
| Laurence Vincent Lapointe (Trois-Rivières, QC) | Women’s C1 200m | 1st overall
Gold medal |
| Laurence Vincent Lapointe (Trois-Rivières, QC) | Women’s C1 5000m | 2nd overall
Silver medal |
| Hannah MacIntosh (Dartmouth, NS)
Nadya Crossman-Serb (Winnipeg, MB) |
Women’s C2 200m | 2nd overall
Silver medal |
| Rowan Hardy-Kavanagh (Ottawa, ON)
Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent (Trois-Rivières, QC) |
Women’s C2 200m | 5th overall |
| Hannah MacIntosh (Dartmouth, NS)
Rowan Hardy-Kavanagh (Ottawa, ON) |
Women’s C2 500m | 5th overall |
| Nadya Crossman-Serb (Winnipeg, MB)
Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON) |
Women’s C2 500m | 6th overall |
| Mark Oldershaw (Burlington, ON) | Men’s C1 5000m | 8th overall |
| Alanna Bray-Lougheed (Oakville, ON)
Natalie Davison (Ottawa, ON) |
Women’s K2 200m | 8th overall |
| Courtney Stott (Pickering, ON)
Lissa Bissonnette (Sherbrooke, QC) Michelle Russell (Fall River, NS) Andréanne Langlois (Québec, QC) |
Women’s K4 500m | 9th ovreall |
| Michelle Russell (Fall River, NS)
Andréanne Langlois (Québec, QC) |
Women’s K2 500m | 10th overall |
| Alanna Bray-Lougheed (Oakville, ON)
Natalie Davison (Ottawa, ON) |
Women’s K2 500m | 12th overall |
| Ryan Cochrane (Windsor, NS)
Pierre-Luc Poulin (Lac-Beauport, QC) Marshall Hughes (Waverley, NS) Maxence Beauchesne (Trois Rivières, QC) |
Men’s K4 500m | 12th overall |
| Lissa Bissonnette (Sherbrooke, QC) | Women’s K1 200m | 13th overall |
| Courtney Stott (Pickering, ON) | Women’s K1 5000m | 13th overall |
| Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent (Trois-Rivières, QC) | Women’s C1 200m | 14th overall |
| Mark Oldershaw (Burlington, ON)
Roland Varga (Richmond Hill, ON) |
Men’s C2 500m | 15th overall |
| Lissa Bissonnette (Sherbrooke, QC) | Women’s K1 5000m | 15th overall |
| Mark James (Dartmouth, NS)
Drew Hodges (Ottawa, ON) |
Men’s C2 500m | 16th overall |
| Craig Spence (Dartmouth, NS) | Men’s C1 5000m | 18th overall |
| Alex Scott (Bedford, NS) | Men’s K1 200m | 23rd overall |
| Jarret Kenke (Saskatoon, SK) | Men’s K1 5000m | 23rd overall |
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