Laviolette and Betteridge Complete Slalom World Cup #1 with a Ninth Place
Laviolette and Betteridge in C2. (Photo: Balint Vekassy) “I think it’s great experience for them to race in the final and to take on this new challenge in the mixed double canoe event. This event was popular back in the 70s and 80s and it’s exciting to see it brought back to the international program. They will be learning twice as much by having to prepare for another race run and they will also get more race runs at each world cup,” said James Cartwright, High Performance Manager at Canoe Kayak Canada.
“We saw four athletes racing in the semifinals this World Cup and we were close in men’s C1 and men’s K1. I’m happy to see that our athletes’ run times are competitive when they execute their race plans.”
Florence Maheu (Québec) was the most impressive this weekend placing 13thin the Women’s K1 event. Maheu paddled down the course in a time of 108.86 seconds, just one second away from making it to the big final.
“It’s my personal best result at an international competition, and I am really proud of this 13thplace. Canada hasn’t achieved this results in Women’s K1 in many years,” mentioned Maheu. “My objective this year was to make it into the top 30 at World Cups. This result so far shows my preparation for the Olympic Games is going in the right direction and I am excited to compete at the next World Cups.”
Full results of the Canadian team at World Cup 1 are listed below. Athletes will be competing at the next World Cup on June 29thto July 1stin Krakow, Poland.
You can find all live results and information on the coming World Cups by visiting the International Canoe Federation website. Visit Canoe Kayak Canada’s website to get more information and make sur to follow @PlanetCanoe and @CanoeKayakCAN for more live updates.
Event | Athlete | Event | Result |
World Cup 1 | Lois Betteridge and Yannick Laviolette |
C2 Mixed | 9 |
World Cup 1 | Florence Maheu | K1 Women | 13 |
World Cup 1 | Lois Betteridge | C1 Women | 27 |
World Cup 1 | Spencer Pomeroy | C1 Men | 32 |
World Cup 1 | Lois Betteridge | K1 Women | 43 |
World Cup 1 | Ben Hayward | K1 Men | 46 |
World Cup 1 | Haley Daniels | K1 Women | 57 |
World Cup 1 | Yannick Laviolette | C1 Men | 50 |
World Cup 1 | Liam Smedley | C1 Men | 51 |
World Cup 1 | Michael Tayler | K1 Men | 61 |
World Cup 1 | Keenan Simpson | K1 Men | 75 |
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