Canoe Kayak Canada – BELGRADE, SERBIA (June 2, 2017) — Canadian sprint paddlers have continued on to the third and final ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup in Belgrade, Serbia.

Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON) won her heat in the Women’s C1 500m to advance directly to tomorrow’s final. Vincent will attempt to add to her medal count for the World Cup tour which is currently at four after last weekend in Szeged.

Michelle Russell (Fall River, NS) finished third in the Women’s K1 500m semi-final to advance to tomorrow’s final. Alanna Bray-Lougheed (Oakville, ON) and Natalie Davison (Ottawa, ON) finished second in the Women’s K2 200m to advance to the final.

Two Canadian crews advanced to the final in the Women’s C2 200m. Rowan Hardy-Kavanagh (Ottawa, ON) and Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent (Trois-Rivières, QC) were second in their heat while Hannah MacIntosh (Dartmouth, NS) and Nadya Crossman-Serb (Winnipeg, MB) were third in their heat.

In Paracanoe events, Erica Scarff (Toronto, ON) raced on her own in the Women’s KL3 200m event to post a time of 54.032 seconds. Zacharie Lauziere-Fitzgerald (Sherbrooke, QC) finished third in the Men’s KL3 200m while Trinity Tratch (Calgary, AB) was fifth in the same race. Mathieu St-Pierre (Shawinigan, QC) finished fourth in the Men’s KL2 200m.

Competition continues through to Sunday in Belgrade.

Results and Live Streaming Video

Summary of Results

Athlete	Event	Result
Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON)	Women’s C1 500m	1st in semi Advanced to A-final
Michelle Russell (Fall River, NS)	Women’s K1 500m	3rd in semi Advanced to A-final
Alanna Bray-Lougheed (Oakville, ON) Natalie Davison  (Ottawa, ON)	Women’s K2 200m	2nd in semi Advanced to A-final
Rowan Hardy-Kavanagh  (Ottawa, ON) Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent (Trois-Rivières, QC)	Women’s C2 200m	2nd in heat Advanced to A-final
Hannah MacIntosh (Dartmouth, NS) Nadya Crossman-Serb (Winnipeg, MB)	Women’s C2 200m	3rd in heat Advanced to A-final
Erica Scarff (Toronto, ON)	Women’s KL3 200m	1st overall
Zacharie Lauziere-Fitzgerald (Sherbrooke, QC)	Men’s KL3 200m	3rd overall
Mathieu St-Pierre (Shawinigan, QC)	Men’s KL2 200m	4th overall
Trinity Tratch (Calgary, AB)	Men’s KL3 200m	5th overall
Mark Oldershaw (Burlington, ON) Craig Spence (Dartmouth, NS)	Men’s C2 1000m	4th in semi Advanced to B-final
Roland Varga (Richmond Hill, ON) Drew Hodges (Ottawa, ON)	Men’s C2 1000m	5th in semi Advanced to B-final
Jarret Kenke (Saskatoon, SK) Marshall Hughes (Waverley, NS)	Men’s K2 1000m	5th in semi Advanced to B-final
Mark James (Dartmouth, NS)	Men’s C1 1000m	8th in semi Advanced to B-final
Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent (Trois-Rivières, QC)	Women’s C1 500m	5th in semi Advanced to B-final
Courtney Stott (Pickering, ON)	Women’s K1 500m	7th in semi Did not advance
Marc Tarling (Pointe-Claire, QC)	Men’s C1 1000m	8th in heat Did not advance
Nick Matveev (Toronto, ON) Pierre-Luc Poulin (Lac-Beauport, QC)	Men’s K2 1000m	9th in semi Did not advance
Afternoon heats
Lissa Bissonnette (Sherbrooke, QC)	Women’s K1 200m	4th in heat Advanced to semi
Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent (Trois-Rivières, QC)	Women’s C1 200m	3rd in heat Advanced to semi
Laurence Vincent Lapointe (Trois-Rivières, QC)	Women’s C1 200m	1st in heat Advanced to semi
Alex Scott (Bedford, NS)	Men’s K1 200m	2nd in heat Advanced to semi
Alanna Bray-Lougheed (Oakville, ON) Natalie Davison  (Ottawa, ON)	Women’s K2 500m	3rd in heat Advanced to semi
Michelle Russell (Fall River, NS) Andréanne Langlois (Québec, QC)	Women’s K2 500m	4th in heat Advanced to semi

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