Canoeing | Katie Vincent wins gold in 200m single

(Vaires-Sur-Marne) Canadian Katie Vincent won the gold medal in the women’s C1 200m canoe-kayak on Saturday at the Paris Olympic Games.

The 28-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., covered the distance in 44.12 seconds, an Olympic and world record, just ahead of American Nevin Harrison, who took silver in 44.13.

The other representative of the maple leaf in the final, Quebecer Sophia Jensen, from Chelsea, finished in sixth place in 45.08 seconds.

Vincent’s medal is Canada’s eighth gold and its 25th^e in total at the Paris Olympics. These are new records for the country at a Summer Games that were not boycotted.

Vincent and Sloan MacKenzie of Dartmouth, N.S., won bronze in the C2 500m on Friday.

Earlier Saturday, kayaker Michelle Russell of Fall River, N.S., finished eighth in the women’s K1 500-metre final, while fellow kayaker Riley Melanson of Dartmouth was sixth.