Canoe Kayak Canada – Webcast note: CBC Sports will stream Sprint World Cup 2 in Szeged. Check it out on cbc.ca/sports or download the CBC Sports App.

Canadian sprint paddlers have won two medals on the first day of finals at ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 2 in Szeged, Hungary.

Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON) won a silver medal in the Women’s C1 500m and Erica Scarff (Toronto, ON) won a bronze in the Women’s KL3 200m Paracanoe event.

In the Men’s C1 1000m final, Craig Spence finished seventh overall. Zacharie Lauziere-Fitzgerald (Sherbrooke, QC) was seventh in the final of the Men’s KL3 200m Paracanoe event.

Laurence Vincent Lapointe (Trois-Rivières, QC) finished just off the podium in fourth position in the Women’s C1 500m final. She and Katie Vincent both won their semi-finals of the C1 200m distance to advance to tomorrow’s final. The two also paired together in the Women’s C2 500m to win their heat and advance directly to tomorrow’s final.

Nadya Crossman-Serb (Winnipeg, MB) and Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent (Trois-Rivières, QC) finished second in the C2 500 semi-final to also advance to tomorrow’s final. Between the Women’s C2 200m and 500m there will be four Canadian crews contending in finals tomorrow.

Michelle Russell (Fall River, NS) and Andréanne Langlois (Québec, QC) finished second in the Women’s K2 500m semi-final to qualify for tomorrow’s final.

Tomorrow is the last day of competition in Szeged. The Canadian Team will compete at the third and final Sprint World Cup next week in Belgrade, Serbia.

Results and Live Streaming Video

Summary of Results

Athlete	Event	Result
Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON)	Women’s C1 500m	2nd overall Silver medal
Erica Scarff (Toronto, ON)	Women’s KL3 200m	3rd overall Bronze medal
Laurence Vincent Lapointe (Trois-Rivières, QC)	Women’s C1 500m	4th overall
Craig Spence (Dartmouth, NS)	Men’s C1 1000m	7th overall
Zacharie Lauziere-Fitzgerald (Sherbrooke, QC)	Men’s KL3 200m	7th overall
Drew Hodges (Ottawa, ON)	Men’s C1 1000m	17th overall
Marc Tarling (Pointe-Claire, QC) Mark James (Dartmouth, NS)	Men’s C2 1000m	17th overall
Andréanne Langlois (Québec, QC)	Women’s K1 500m	14th overall
Nick Matveev (Toronto, ON) Jarret Kenke (Saskatoon, SK)	Men’s K2 1000m	27th overall
Semi-finals & Heats
Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON)	Women’s C1 200m	1st in semi Advanced to A-final
Laurence Vincent Lapointe (Trois-Rivières, QC)	Women’s C1 200m	1st in semi Advanced to A-final
Katie Vincent (Mississauga, ON) Laurence Vincent Lapointe (Trois-Rivières, QC)	Women’s C2 500m	1st in heat Advanced to A-final
Nadya Crossman-Serb (Winnipeg, MB) Anne-Sophie Lavoie-Parent (Trois-Rivières, QC)	Women’s C2 500m	2nd in semi Advanced to A-final
Michelle Russell (Fall River, NS) Andréanne Langlois (Québec, QC)	Women’s K2 500m	2nd in semi Advanced to A-final
Michelle Russell (Fall River, NS)	Women’s K1 200m	4th in semi Advanced to B-final
Andréanne Langlois (Québec, QC)	Women’s K1 200m	4th in semi Advanced to B-final
Courtney Stott (Pickering, ON) Lissa Bissonnette (Sherbrooke, QC) Alanna Bray-Lougheed (Oakville, ON) Natalie Davison  (Ottawa, ON)	Women’s K4 500m	5th in semi Advanced to B-final
Craig Spence (Dartmouth, NS) Drew Hodges (Ottawa, ON)	Men’s C2 500m	6th in semi Advanced to B-final
Ryan Cochrane (Windsor, NS) Pierre-Luc Poulin (Lac-Beauport, QC) Marshall Hughes (Waverley, NS) Maxence Beauchesne (Trois Rivières, QC)	Men’s K4 500m	6th in semi Advanced to B-final
Alex Scott (Bedford, NS)	Men’s K1 200m	7th in semi Did not advance
Courtney Stott (Pickering, ON) Lissa Bissonnette (Sherbrooke, QC)	Women’s K2 500m	7th in semi Did not advance
Mark Oldershaw (Burlington, ON) Roland Varga (Richmond Hill, ON)	Men’s C2 500m	8th in semi Did not advance

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