Canada’s Katie Vincent picks up canoe sprint World Cup silver medal

Canoe sprinter Katie Vincent of Mississauga, Ont., opened her World Cup season tying for a silver medal within the girls’s C1 200-metre A closing on Sunday in Racice, Czech Republic.

The reigning world champion crossed the end line in 45.19 seconds together with Wenjun Lin of China behind winner Yarisleidis Duboys of Cuba (45.08).

Edmonton’s Sophia Jensen was sixth of 9 finishers in 46.12 and in addition positioned third (1:48.91) in the C2 combine 500 closing with Alix Plomteux of Lac-Beauport, Que., behind China and Ukraine.

Vincent is making ready to defend her world title at this yr’s occasion Aug. 3-7 in Dartmouth, N.S.

“I actually really feel like that is the start,” Vincent said after final yr’s worlds. “There’s a lengthy street to go for me. I am actually wanting ahead to worlds subsequent yr at house, to be the reigning world champion added into a house world championships shall be tremendous thrilling.”

Final September, the Halifax resident outpaced Spain’s Antia Jacome and Poland’s Dorota Borowska in Copenhagen, Denmark for the her first world title.

WATCH | Vincent follows Olympic bronze medal with world title:

She teamed with the now-retired Laurence Vincent Lapointe to earn her first Olympic bronze medal a month earlier.

On a muggy and stifling day in Tokyo, it did not look good for Vincent and Vincent Lapointe halfway by means of the 500m double dash.

They sat in fifth place with solely 250 metres forward of them however discovered magic on the water and secured Canada’s twenty third medal on the Tokyo Summer time Video games, a report for the nation in the summertime outdoors of the boycotted 1984 Video games.

Vincent and Vincent-Lapointe stopped the clock at 1:59.041 for bronze within the Olympic debut of girls’s canoe dash occasions.