Canada's Vincent-Lapointe golden at canoe sprint world championships
Canada's Laurence Vincent-Lapointe scored a world title in the women's C1 200-metre final on Sunday at the canoe sprint world championships in Racice, Czech Republic.
Laurence Vincent-Lapointe victorious in the women's C1 200m final
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Canada's Laurence Vincent-Lapointe scored a world title in the women's C1 200-metre final on Sunday at the canoe sprint world championships in Racice, Czech Republic.
The Trois Rivieres, Que., native won in a time of 45.478 seconds, ahead of Alesia Romasenko of Russia (46.136) and Hungary's Kincso Takacs (47.178).
Vincent-Lapointe also won a two gold medals in that distance on the World Cup circuit this season.