Canada wins Olympic bronze in women’s doubles canoe sprint – National

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Canada wins Olympic bronze in women’s doubles canoe sprint – National

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Posted August 9, 2024 7:36 am

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Canada’s Katie Vincent and Sloan MacKenzie have claimed Olympic bronze in the women’s doubles 500-metre sprint canoe final.

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Vincent, of Mississauga, Ont., and MacKenzie, of Windsor Junction, N.S., finished in one minute 54.36 seconds, behind Shixiao Xu and Mengya Sun of China, who took gold.

The ********* duo got off to a strong start but couldn’t catch China, and were upset by Ukraine, who made a late push to claim silver in a photo finish.

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This is Vincent’s second Olympic medal after she took home bronze from the Tokyo Games competing in the same race with Laurence Vincent-Lapointe.

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Friday has been a busy day for ********* paddlers, with canoeist Connor Fitzpatrick coming eighth in the men’s 1,000-metre semifinal, while kayakers Courtney Stott and Natalie Davison finished eighth in their women’s doubles 500-metre semi and Pierre-Luc Poulin and Simon McTavish came in sixth in the men’s doubles 500-metre sprint kayak semifinal.

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Those three boats are set to compete in placing races Friday afternoon.

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