Canoe Kayak Canada – MINSK, BELARUS (July 30, 2016) – Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON) and Nadya Crossman-Serb (Winnipeg, MB) have captured a silver medal in the U23 Women’s C2 500m at the ICF Canoe Sprint Junior and U23 World Championships in Minsk, Belarus. The crew was one of four Canadian C2s competing in A-finals today.

In the Junior Women’s C2 500m, Tess Peterman (Chelsea, QC) and Anna Roy-Cyr (Lac Beauport, QC) finished just off the podium in fourth place.

Craig Spence (Dartmouth, NS) and Drew Hodges (Ottawa, ON) finished a solid sixth in the U23 Men’s C2 1000m. Isaac Finkelstein (Ottawa, ON) and Lucas Turnbull (Toronto, ON) finished seventh in the final of the Junior Men’s C2 1000m.

Junior and U23 Team achieves significant increase in making A-Finals over last year

Several Canadians had strong performances in the 200m semi-finals. Olivier Courchesne (Trois-Rivières, QC) won his semi-final in the Junior Men’s K1 200m to advance to tomorrow’s final. The U23 Men’s K2 200m crew of Charles-Antoine Girouard (Trois-Rivières, QC) and Étienne Beauchesne (Trois-Rivières, QC) finished third in their semi to qualify for tomorrow’s final.

Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent (Trois-Rivières, QC) won her semi in the Junior Women’s C1 200m and will race the final tomorrow. Hannah MacIntosh (Dartmouth, NS) and Nadya Crossman-Serb (Winnipeg, MB) continued the momentum in Women’s Canoe events by finishing second in the semi-final of the U23 Women’s C2 200m to advance to the final.

Katie Vincent will also race the U23 Women’s C1 200m final tomorrow. She won her heat on Friday to qualify directly for the final.

A full summary of Canadian results for the first day of competition is shown below. Tomorrow is the final day of competition in Minsk, Belarus.

Results and Streaming Video

Summary of Results

Athlete(s)	Event	Result
Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON) Nadya Crossman-Serb (Winnipeg, MB)	U23 Women’s C2 500m	2nd overall Silver medal
Tess Peterman (Chelsea, QC) Anna Roy-Cyr (Lac Beauport, QC)	Junior Women’s C2 500m	4th overall
Craig Spence (Dartmouth, NS) Drew Hodges (Ottawa, ON)	U23 Men’s C2 1000m	6th overall
Isaac Finkelstein (Ottawa, ON) Lucas Turnbull (Toronto, ON)	Junior Men’s C2 1000m	7th overall
Marshall Hughes (Waverley, NS) Pierre-Luc Poulin (Lac Beauport, QC)	U23 Men’s K2 1000m	10th overall
Anna Negulic (Bedford, NS) Ruah Edmonds (Halifax, NS) Ashley Card (Halifax, NS) Lucy Pennyfather (Oakville, ON)	Junior Women’s K4 500m	12th overall
Jarret Kenke (Saskatoon, SK)	U23 Men’s K1 1000m	15th overall
Connor Fitzpatrick (Dartmouth, NS)	Junior Men’s C1 1000m	15th overall
200m semi-finals
Olivier Courchesne (Trois-Rivières, QC)	Junior Men’s K1 200m	1st in semi Advanced to A-final
Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent (Trois-Rivières, QC)	Junior Women’s C1 200m	1st in semi Advanced to A-final
Hannah MacIntosh (Dartmouth, NS) Nadya Crossman-Serb (Winnipeg, MB)	U23 Women’s C2 200m	2nd in semi Advanced to A-final
Charles-Antoine Girouard (Trois-Rivières, QC) Étienne Beauchesne (Trois-Rivières, QC)	U23 Men’s K2 200m	3rd in semi Advanced to A-final
Alex Scott (Bedford, NS)	U23 Men’s K1 200m	3rd in semi Advanced to B-final
Grace Whebby (Dartmouth, NS)	Junior Women’s K1 200m	5th in semi Advanced to B-final
James MacPhee (Sackville, NS)	Junior Men’s C1 200m	5th in semi Advanced to B-final
Madison MacKenzie (Chelsea, QC)	U23 Women’s K1 200m	8th in semi Did not advance

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