Canadian sprint canoeist Katie Vincent sets world record in women's C-1 500m at national trials

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Canadian sprint canoeist Katie Vincent acceptable a satellite grounds successful the women's C-1 500-metre event on Sunday astatine the nationalist trials successful Montreal.

29-year-old Olympic champ clocks clip of two minutes 0.609 seconds successful Montreal

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· Posted: Jun 30, 2025 12:55 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

A pistillate sprint canoeist representing Canda paddles done the water.

Canadian sprint canoeist Katie Vincent acceptable a satellite grounds successful the women's C-1 500-metre event on Sunday astatine the nationalist trials successful Montreal.

The 29-year-old Olympic champion clocked a clip of two minutes 0.609 seconds in the final at the Olympic Basin, breaking the erstwhile people of 2:00.73 acceptable by Alena Nazdrova of Belarus astatine the 2019 satellite championships in Szeged, Hungary.

2022 satellite metallic medallist Sophia Jensen of Chelsea, Que., finished 1 spot down Vincent in 2:03.159.

🚨WORLD RECORD TIME ALERT!🚨<br><br>Katie Vincent conscionable acceptable the h2o connected occurrence successful Montreal with a idiosyncratic champion AND satellite grounds clip astatine National Team Trials! 🔥🌊🇨🇦 <a href="https://t.co/mpWUONe93b">pic.twitter.com/mpWUONe93b</a>

—@CanoeKayakCAN

Vincent, who hails from Mississauga, Ont., became the first-ever Canadian pistillate to capture Olympic golden successful the athletics astatine Paris 2024 by winning the C-1 200m contention — the lone idiosyncratic women's canoe sprint lawsuit astatine the Games. Her winning clip of 44.12 seconds is besides a satellite record.

The two-time Olympian won bronze medals successful Tokyo and Paris in the C-2 500m event, alongside Laurence Vincent Lapointe and Sloan MacKenzie, respectively.

The 2025 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships volition beryllium held successful Milan from Aug. 20 to 24.

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