DUISBURG, GERMANY: Sloan MacKenzie and her teammate Katie Vincent have won world bronze in women’s C2, 500-metres.
The Windsor Junction product and Vincent narrowly missed out on silver by 0.05 seconds as they settled for the third-place finish at the Canoe-Kayak Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.
With the finish, that earned Canada a quota spot in the 2024 Paris Olympics in the women’s C2, 500-metre race.
The athletes that will carry the canoe in the event, whether it is MacKenzie and Vincent or two other athletes, will be determined next year before the Olympics.
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The two won their semi-final heat on Thursday to advance to the final on Saturday morning.
MacKenzie and Vincent raced from Lane five and finished across the line 0.05 seconds behind the second-place boat of Spain, with a time of 1:52.956.
Chinese racers Shixiao Xu and Mengya Sun won gold with a time of 1:52.775, although they appeared to fade and swerve in their lane near the finish.
Spaniards Antia Jacome and Maria Corbera nabbed silver in a similar time, just ahead of Canada, with a time of 1:52.956.
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Meanwhile, Cheema racer Craig Spence of Dartmouth and teammate Alix Plomteux placed just off the podium.
The duo came across the finish line in fourth place in the C2, 500-metre race semi-final.
Their time was 0:48/39, just 0.03 seconds behind the third-place boat.
The finish means they will race in the B Final on Sunday, the final day of competition.
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Another local racer have helped secured Canada a quota boat for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Fall River’s Michelle Russell, who competes out of Abenaki, finished sixth in the K1, 500-metre event.
That qualifies Canada a quota spot for the Olympics in that race.
