Canoe Kayak Canada – 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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