Canoe/Kayak (Sprint)

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Laurence Vincent Lapointe retires...

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Sad, but I'm glad she was able to get her Olympic medal before her age fully caught up with her.

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The first World Cup is happening now in the Czech Republic. First day results (for Olympic events):

 

K-4 Women 500:

Andreanne LANGLOIS
Natalie DAVISON
Riley MELANSON
Toshka BESHARAH

 

2nd in their heat, 3rd in the SF and qualified for Final A

 

K-4 Men 500:

Nicholas MATVEEV
Pierre POULIN
Laurent LAVIGNE
Simon MCTAVISH

 

2nd in their heat, 2nd in the SF and qualified for Final A

 

C-2 Women 500:

Sophia JENSEN and Julia OSENDE (both are only 20 years old!)

 

5th in the heat, 1st in SF, qualified for Final A

 

Katie VINCENT and Sloan MACKENZIE

 

4th in the heat, 4th in SF, one spot out of Final A (no B final)

 

C-2 Men 500: (New Olympic event, down from 1000 in Tokyo)

 

Craig SPENCE and Bret HIMMELMAN

 

5th in heat, 9 in SF (last) and did not qualify for the A or B final

 

Tyler LAIDLAW and Alix PLOMTEUX

 

6th in heat, 5th in SF, qualified for the B final.

 

K-1 Women 500

 

Michelle RUSSELL

 

3rd in heat, 5th in SF, qualified for the B final

 

K-1 Men 1000

 

Brian MALFESI

 

8th in heat (last) did not qualify for further rounds)

 

C-1 Women 200

 

Katie VINCENT

4th in heat, SF tomorrow

 

Sophia JENSEN

4th in heat, SF tomorrow

 

C-1 Men 1000

 

Andrew BILLARD

6th in heat, SF tomorrow

 

Connor FITZPATRICK

6th in heat, SF tomorrow

 

 

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Final results in Olympic events for the first World Cup of 2022

 

K-1 Men 1000:

Brian MALFESI: 8th in heat (last) did not qualify for further rounds)

 

K-2 Men 500

Pierre POULIN / Simon MCTAVISH: 1st in heat, 4th in SF (qualified for B), 1st in B final (10th overall)

Nicholas MATVEEV / Laurent LAVIGNE: 6th in heat (did not advance)

 

K-4 Men 500

Nicholas MATVEEV/ Pierre POULIN / Laurent LAVIGNE / Simon MCTAVISH: 2nd in their heat, 2nd in the SF and qualified for Final A, 6th in A final

 

C-1 Men 1000

Andrew BILLARD: 6th in heat, 6th in SF (qualified for B final), 8th in B final (last), 17th overall.

Connor FITZPATRICK: 6th in heat, 6th in SF (qualified for B final). DNS B final

 

C-2 Men 500

Craig SPENCE / Bret HIMMELMAN: 5th in heat, 9 in SF (last) and did not qualify for the A or B final

Tyler LAIDLAW / Alix PLOMTEUX: 6th in heat, 5th in SF, qualified for the B final. 6th in B final, 15th overall. 

 

K-1 Women 500

Michelle RUSSELL: 3rd in heat, 5th in SF, qualified for the B final, 1st in B final (10th overall)

 

K-2 Women 500

Michelle RUSSELL / Riley MELANSON: 6th in heat, 8th in SF, did not advance.

Andreanne LANGLOIS / Toshka BESHARAH: 3rd in heat, 3rd in semifinal (qualified for A final), 7th overall

 

K-4 Women 500

Andreanne LANGLOIS / Natalie DAVISON / Riley MELANSON /Toshka BESHARAH: 2nd in their heat, 3rd in the SF and qualified for Final A. 8th in final A

 

C-1 Women 200

Katie VINCENT: 4th in heat, 2nd in SF, qualified for A final, WON SILVER MEDAL

Sophia JENSEN: 4th in heat, 3rd in SF, qualified for A final, 6th place

 

C-2 Women 500

Sophia JENSEN / Julia OSENDE: 5th in the heat, 1st in SF, qualified for Final A, 5th in the A final  (their time in the SF would have won them bronze).

Katie VINCENT / Sloan MACKENZIE: 4th in the heat, 4th in SF, one spot out of Final A (no B final)

 

 

Overall, a lot of promising performances, in particular the men's K-4 team, which essentially got 17 years younger (substituting in Laurent Laurent LAVIGNE for Mark De Jong from Tokyo). Slightly disappointing result for Connor Fitzpatrick, was expecting him to make Final A. The women's canoeing team has a good future, but needs to develop to fight for medals consistently. The men's K-2 Men 500 that finished in 10th also looked promising.

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Connor Fitzpatrick got sick during the WC, explains the result

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Our Para-Canoe team is also doing great. The able-bodied team will have 18! finals tomorrow (though some B or lower finals might be cancelled).

 

 

 

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Woke up early to watch the finals and the two Olympic event finals I saw, Canada finished in fourth... idk whether to laugh or cry

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Final WC 2 stop results in order of ranking per Olympic event:

 

SILVER: C1 200 women: Katie Vincent

BRONZE: C1 200 women: Sophia Jensen

4th: C1 1000 men: Connor FITZPATRICK

4th: C2 500 women: Katie VINCENT and Sloan MACKENZIE

4th: K2 500 men: Pierre-Luc POULIN and Simon MCTAVISH (time in SF would have won gold)

4th: K4 500 men: Nicholas MATVEEV, Pierre-Luc POULIN, Laurent LAVIGNE and Simon MCTAVISH (time in SF would have won silver)

5th: C2 500 women: Sophia JENSEN and Julia LILLEY OSENDE

7th: K4 500 women: Andreanne LANGLOIS, Natalie DAVISON, Riley MELANSON and Toshka BESHARAH

8th: C2 500 men: Craig SPENCE and Bret HIMMELMAN

9th: K2 500 women: Andreanne LANGLOIS and Toshka BESHARAH

9th: K1 500 women: Michelle RUSSELL

26th: K1 1000 men: Brian MALFESI

 

9/10 Olympic events had a finish in the A final, except the K1 1000, which is Canada's weakest event by far. 4 4th place finishes is typical Canadian lol, two of those 4 would have won medals had they repeated their performance from the SF. A lot of these boats are by young athletes, and they can only improve from here.

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Quite happy with our final performances. Just need that little extra push and we could be looking at a good medal haul for 2024.