Canoe Kayak Canada – Eight Canadian sprint paddlers have advanced to the A-finals on the opening days of competition at ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 2 in Szeged, Hungary. This is the first World Cup of the new quadrennial for the Canadian team.

Craig Spence (Dartmouth, NS) opened by winning both his heat and semi-final in the Men’s C1 1000m to advance to tomorrow’s final.

In Women’s C1 500m, Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON) won her semi-final and Laurence Vincent Lapointe (Trois-Rivières, QC) was second in her semi. Both advanced to tomorrow’s final. Vincent and Vincent-Lapointe also won their heats of the C1 200m and advanced to semi-finals.

In Women’s C2 200m, Hannah MacIntosh (Dartmouth, NS) and Rowan Hardy-Kavanagh (Ottawa, ON) finished third in their heat to advance directly to Sunday’s A-Final along with teammates Nadya Crossman-Serb (Winnipeg, MB) and Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent who finished second in their heat.

Zacharie Lauziere-Fitzgerald (Sherbrooke, QC) advanced to Saturday’s A-final from the semi-final in Men’s KL3 200m on Thursday. Lauziere-Fitzgerald raced for Canada in his first World Cup in Szeged along with his paracanoe teammates Trinity Tratch (Men’s KL3) and Mathieu St-Pierre (Men’s KL2). Erica Scarff will race the Women’s KL3 A-Final tomorrow as well.

Competition continues through to Sunday in Szeged.

Results and Live Streaming Video

Summary of Results

Athlete	Event	Result
Craig Spence (Dartmouth, NS)	Men’s C1 1000m	1st in semi Advanced to A-final
Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON)	Women’s C1 500m	1st in semi Advanced to A-final
Laurence Vincent Lapointe (Trois-Rivières, QC)	Women’s C1 500m	2nd in semi Advanced to A-final
Nadya Crossman-Serb (Winnipeg, MB) Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent (Trois-Rivières, QC)	Women’s C2 200m	2nd in heat          Advanced to A-final
Hannah MacIntosh (Dartmouth, NS) Rowan Hardy-Kavanagh  (Ottawa, ON)	Women’s C2 200m	3rd in heat          Advanced to A-final
Zacharie Lauziere-Fitzgerald (Sherbrooke, QC)	Men’s KL3 200m	3rd in semi Advanced to A-final
Drew Hodges (Ottawa, ON)	Men’s C1 1000m	5th in semi Advanced to B-final
Marc Tarling (Pointe-Claire, QC) Mark James (Dartmouth, NS)	Men’s C2 1000m	6th in semi Advanced to B-final
Andréanne Langlois (Québec, QC)	Women’s K1 500m	5th in semi Advanced to C-final
Nick Matveev (Toronto, ON) Jarret Kenke (Saskatoon, SK)	Men’s K2 1000m	8th in semi Advanced to C-final
Michelle Russell (Fall River, NS)	Women’s K1 500m	5th in semi Did not advance
Mark Oldershaw (Burlington, ON) Roland Varga (Richmond Hill, ON)	Men’s C2 1000m	7th in semi Did not advance
Pierre-Luc Poulin (Lac-Beauport, QC) Marshall Hughes (Waverley, NS)	Men’s K2 1000m	8th in semi Did not advance
Mathieu St-Pierre (Shawinigan, QC)	Men’s KL2 200m	6th in semi Did not advance
Trinity Tratch (Calgary, AB)	Men’s KL3 200m	9th in heat Did not advance
Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON)	Women’s C1 200m	1st 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	6th in heat Advanced to semi
Alanna Bray-Lougheed (Oakville, ON) Natalie Davison  (Ottawa, ON)	Women’s K2 200m	6th in heat Advanced to semi
Courtney Stott (Pickering, ON) Lissa Bissonnette (Sherbrooke, QC)	Women’s K2 500m	5th in heat Advanced to semi
Michelle Russell (Fall River, NS) Andréanne Langlois (Québec, QC)	Women’s K2 500m	6th in heat Advanced to semi

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