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Nine medals at Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup
Britain were back in the medals as the canoe sprint and paracanoe international season kicked off at the Szeged and Poznan World Cups .
The world-leading paracanoe team came away with nine medals from the first World Cup in Szeged , topping the medal table once again .
Stu Wood returned to international racing after being diagnosed with Stage 3b Hodgkin lymphoma back in 2021 to win gold in the men ’ s VL3 .
Canoe Marathon success at the European Championships and World Cup
A 13-strong team of Canoe Marathon athletes were in Slavonski Brod , Croatia for the 2023 ECA Canoe Marathon European Championship . The Brits brought home five fabulous medals . Grete Roeser ’ s ( Wey ) marathon talent shone through as she earnt gold in the junior women ’ s short course race and a silver in the long course . She then teamed up with Sienna Payne ( Chelmsford ) for the junior K2 long course to claim another silver . Payne also secured bronze in the short course and Harry Freeland ( Reading ) made it five with a silver in the junior men ’ s short course .
There were also gold medals for Charlotte Henshaw MBE ( KL2 & VL3 ), Emma Wiggs MBE ( VL2 ) and Jonny Young ( KL3 ).
Emma Wiggs claimed her second medal of the weekend with silver in the KL2 , Hope Gordon took silver women ’ s VL3 , Laura Sugar MBE won silver in the KL3 , whilst Jeanette Chippington OBE rounded off the medals for Britain with bronze in the women ’ s KL1
In the canoe sprint , the women ’ s K4 crew claimed their fourth consecutive A Final , whilst Dan Johnson and Tom Lusty too secured top nine finishes in the men ’ s K1 1000m and 500m respectively to get the season off to a strong start .
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out all the round-ups from the two events here
Earlier in the season Chelmsford paddler Melissa Johnson claimed a bronze medal in the K1 women ’ s short course race at the 2023 ICF Canoe Marathon World Cup in Ruse , Bulgaria .
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Gold Rush at Junior and U23 Wildwater Racing World Championships
Kerry Christie became a three time world champion at the World Championships in the Czech Republic . The 20-year-old took the U23 Women ’ s K1 classic gold medal and then went on to claim a second gold with the help of her sister Emma in the U23 Women ’ s C2 . She rounded the gold rush off with a gold in the U23 Women ’ s K1 classic team race alongside Lucy Guest and Molly Sandercock . The Christie sisters also secured a silver medal in the U23 Women ’ s C2 sprint .
Kerry achieved an incredible fifth medal in winning bronze alongside Lucy Guest and Laura Milne in the U23 women ’ s K1 sprint team final . Guest also claimed a bronze in the U23 Women ’ s K1 classic .
Check out the full round ups fromt the championships here .
Canoe Focus Early Summer 2023