Canada earns gold and silver at canoe and kayak World Cup - June 4th, 2010

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DUISBURG, Germany – Laurence Vincent-Lapointe of Trois-Rivières, Que., and Nicole Haywood of Nanaimo, B.C., won gold and silver respectively on Friday in the women’s C-1 (canoe singles) 200-metre at the third and final stop on the World Cup canoe and kayak circuit.

Vincent-Lapointe clocked 51.967 seconds for her second World Cup win this season, Haywood followed at 52.479 and Luciana Costa of Brazil was third in 56.653.

‘’It wasn’t my best race so I’m just glad to get the win,’’ said Vincent-Lapointe.  ‘’I had some trouble both at the start and at the end of the race. But I had enough speed going into the middle section to get the lead.’’

Canadian paddlers were also in five other 200-metre finals on Friday and came close to podium performances in the men’s K-1 and K-2. 

In the men’s K-1 (kayak singles) 200 final, Ronald Rauhe led Germany to a 1-2 finish in 37.129, Jonas Ems was second in 37.331 and Edward McKeever of Britain third in 37.471.  Richard Dober Jr., of Trois-Rivieres, Que., took fourth spot in 37.863.

‘’The 200-metre races are Olympic events now and everybody is going for it,’’ said Dober Jr.  ‘’Last week I was a half boat behind McKeever and today I was right on him.  I feel like I’m racing better every time I get on the line against those guys.  This is my first big season racing internationally in K-1 and I’m learning all the time.’’

In the K-2 200,  Hughes Fournel of Dorval, Que., and Ryan Cochrane of Windsor, N.S., were sixth followed by Dober Jr., and Andrew Willows of Gananoque, Ont., in seventh, both Canadian crews less than a half second out of third.

‘’Our big focus was to have a very strong first 100 metres and maintain the speed,’’ said Cochrane in his first season racing with Fournel.  ‘’We did a really good job.  It was such a close race that when we crossed the line no one knew where they had finished.’’

In other 200 finals, Richard Dalton of Halifax took fifth spot in C-1 also less than half second from third; Antoine Meunier of Lac-Beauport, Que., and Paul Bryant of Richmond Hill, Ont., were eighth in C-2 and Mylanie Barré of Lac-Beauport and Kristin Gauthier of Ottawa were ninth in women’s K-2.

In B finals Willows was third in the K-1 for 12^th overall, Kia Byers of Regina and Genevieve Orton of Lake Echo, N.S., were third and fourth in the women’s K-1 and Marie-Pier Langlois of Quebec City and Hannah Vaughan of Dartmouth were seventh in the women’s K-2

In the 1,000 metre heats earlier Friday three Canadian boats advanced directly to finals after second place finishes in their respective heats.  They were: Mark Oldershaw of Oakville, Ont., and Thomas Hall of Pointe-Claire, Que., in C-1 and Andrew Russell of Dartmouth, N.S., and Gabriel Beauchesne-Sévigny of Trois-Rivières, Que., in C-2.

Advancing to semifinals in the 1,000 were Angus Mortimer of Ottawa and Adam van Koeverden of Oakville, Ont., in K-1 with first and second place heat finishes respectively; Benjamin Russell of Dartmouth and Dalton in C-2; and Connor Taras of Waverley, N.S., Brady Reardon of Burlington, Ont., and Corey Hamilton and Rhys Hill, both of Ottawa, in K-4

In women’s 500, both Canadian K-4 crews advanced to semis: Genevieve Orton of Lake Echo, N.S., Émilie Fournel of Montreal, Gauthier and Byers as well as Una Lounder and Hannah Vaughan, both of Dartmouth, Marie-Pier Langlois of Quebec City and Mylanie Barré of Lac-Beauport.

Competition continues Saturday.

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