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MEDALS AND QUOTA SPOTS SECURED AT 2023 SPRINT AND PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Great Britain ’ s world-leading paracanoe team won an incredible seven medals and secured seven boat quota spots for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Duisburg , Germany .
The medal haul started on day three of racing , as a hat trick of medals were won . Paralympic Champion Emma Wiggs MBE won an incredible 11th World title in the women ’ s VL2 , becoming triumphant once again , ten years on from her first World title won on the same course in 2013 .
Hope Gordon won her maiden gold in a world ’ s best time as well as securing Britain ’ s boat quota spot for Paris 2024 in the women ’ s VL3 as the new Paralympic event makes its debut next year .
Jonny Young powered to World Championship silver in the men ’ s KL3 to continue his fine form for the season , having won gold at the World Cup in Szeged earlier in the season .
The success just kept coming through as a magnificent 1-2 in the women ’ s KL2 headlined day four of competition .
Paralympic Champion Charlotte Henshaw picked up her fifth KL2 gold , whilst Emma Wiggs won her second medal of the week with silver as the British pair continued to dominate the event .
Paralympic Champion Laura Sugar and Jack Eyers wrapped up a wonderful week for the team with a further two medals , taking the British count to seven to see them top the medal table once again .
Laura made it a hat trick of KL3 titles as she dominated her final to justify coming into the race as firm favourite .
Meanwhile Jack Eyers battled one of the most closely contested finals as he powerd to silver in the men ’ s VL2 final , with all nine lines going for the medals . www . britishcanoeing . org . uk