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BRITISH SUCCESS ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE
European Games
Five medals for TeamGB as canoe slalom makes its European Games debut
Ryan Westley ( Lower Wharfe ) became the men ’ s C1 European Games Champion as Britain won a total of five medals at the slalom European Games with the discipline making its debut in the competition .
Battling back from injury , Ryan put down an incredible run to win his first individual medal in four years .
Mallory Franklin ( Windsor & District ) and Joe Clarke ( Stafford & Stone ) won bronze in the women ’ s C1 and men ’ s K1 respectively in Krakow , whilst Mallory joined forces with Kimberley Woods ( Rugby ) and Sophie Ogilvie ( CR Cats ) to win the women ’ s C1 team silver . www . britishcanoeing . org . uk
Ryan Westley , Adam Burgess ( Stafford & Stone ) and James Kettle ( Lee Valley ) rounded off a successful meet by winning men ’ s C1 team bronze .
Read all the round ups from the European Games here
Lifetime best secured for canoe sprint at European Games in Krakow
Izzy Evans stormed to a lifetime best individual result in the final of the C1 200m at the European Games in Krakow .
Team GB ’ s women ’ s K4 crew finished in eighth place in the final of the 500m as Deborah Kerr ( Anker Valley ), Emma Russell ( Chelmsford ), Emily Lewis ( Worcester ) and Rebii Simon ( Elmbridge ) secured their fifth consecutive A Final .
Jonathan Jones ( Fladbury ) and Ben Phillips ( Richmond ) made their Team GB debut in the C2 500m with Beth Gill ( Chelmsford ) and Katie Reid ( Forth ) also in action in the C2 500m both making the semi-finals .
Full round ups of the racing can be found here
Woods and Clarke win gold as British slalom team claim five World Cup medals in early season campaign
The British slalom team have been in fine form to kick off the international season at the first three World Cups of the series !
The squad has won a fantastic five medals across the three races , including two gold in the brand new Olympic discipline for Paris 2024 , Kayak Cross !
Rio Olympic Champion Joe Clarke got the medals underway in Augsburg , winning silver and bronze in the men ’ s K1 and kayak cross respectively . Mallory Franklin came away with a K1 bronze on her first race of the year in Prague , before Kimberley Woods won an incredible gold in the kayak cross .
Joe Clarke made it three medals in Tacen winning gold in the kayak cross .
Read about all the early season racing here !