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38 Charlotte Henshaw swaps her goggles for a paddle as she joins paracanoe you can now access a back catalogue of Canoe Focus magazines available on our website for everyone! On the back of her success in Rio, Henshaw has been identified by British Canoeing and is currently a member of the Talent Confirmation Programme. Henshaw has competed in swimming for almost a decade and has won medals at every level of competition including a silver and bronze at the Paralympics. Charlotte Henshaw Twitter Paracanoe squad in record breaking form at May National Regatta Click here to read more British Canoeing’s paracanoe squad were in blistering form at the May Regatta at the National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham. athlete setting a new record time of 50.09 in the men’s KL1. In the men’s KL3 Jonny Young and Robert Oliver shared the spoils, by both taking a victory. Rio bronze medallist Nick Beighton was first to set a new national course record for the men’s KL2 class with an impressive time of 44.32. Also in the KL2 Dave Phillipson, who has recently transferred from wheelchair tennis to paracanoe, recorded a personal best time of 47.60. In the women’s KL2 class Paralympic and World Champion Emma Wiggs produced two strong performances to finish ahead of Nikki Paterson and talent transfer athlete Charlotte Henshaw and fellow Paralympic Champion Jeanette Chippington showed consistent form in the women’s KL1. In the next race it was Ian Marsden’s turn to set a national course record. The Stoke-on-Trent based