Paris World Cup
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Boat quota places for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games came with the medals from the week , whilst Paracanoe legend Jeanette Chippington claimed Britain ’ s seventh spot for the Games as she battled the women ’ s KL1 .
In the canoe sprint , the women ’ s K4 500 crew of Deborah Kerr ( Anker Valley ), Emily Lewis ( Worcester ), Emma Russell ( Chelmsford ) and Rebii Simon ( Elmbridge ) battled their way to 11th place overall in the 500m after finishing second in the B Final .
Deborah and Emma then combined the next day to race the A Final of the K2W 500m , where they placed ninth as they went in search of an Olympic quota place .
Lewis Fletcher raced his first international canoe sprint A Final in the men ’ s K1 200m , storming to fifth place and just missing out on a podium by 0.3 seconds , whilst Dan Johnson ( Chelmsford ) came fifth in the B Final of K1M 1000m and the C2W crew of Beth Gill ( Chelmsford ) and Katie Reid ( Forth ) came sixth in the 500m B Final .
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Straight from the World Championships , a select canoe sprint and paracanoe team went onto Paris to race on the Olympic and Paralympic course for the first time as they raced World Cup 3 at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium .
There were a further eight medals for the paracanoe team as they battled all the elements and brought home a lot of learnings of the venue alongside the silverware looking ahead to next year .
Hope Gordon ( VL3 ) and Emma Wiggs ( VL2 ) won gold medals on the opening day of action , with Charlotte Henshaw ( VL3 ) winning silver .
Charlotte and Emma were both back in action on day two as the duo won gold and silver respectively in the women ’ s KL2 , whilst Stuart Wood joined them on the podium with a victory in the men ’ s VL3 .
Laura Sugar and Jonny Young wrapped up the international season with gold and silver in their respective KL3 finals , taking the medal total to eight .
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Canoe Focus Late Summer 2023