Canada’s Vincent-Lapointe, Vincent win three golds at canoe-kayak World Cup
DUISBURG, Germany — Canadians Laurence Vincent-Lapointe and Katie Vincent both won gold in solo canoeing events on Saturday a day after sharing C2 gold at the second World Cup of the season.
Vincent-Lapointe, from Trois-Rivieres, Que., set the fastest time in the women’s C1 200 metres, finishing first with a time of 45.885 seconds. Her teammate Vincent, from Mississauga, Ont., also made her trip to the top of the podium by winning the women’s C1 500 metres with a time of 2:06.482.
The Canadian canoe kayak sprint team completed the event with a total of five medals and a new world record after taking part in more than 20 finals over the weekend.
“These two World Cups were a good measure of the improvement we were looking for over last year’s results,” said Graham Barton, chief technical officer at Canoe Kayak Canada. “It was another good step in the right direction.”