Canadian duo wins bronze medal in women's C-2 500 canoe sprint at Tokyo Olympics

Katie Vincent and Laurence Vincent Lapointe have won a bronze medal in the women's doubles 500-metre canoe sprint, giving Canada its 23rd medal at the Tokyo Olympics -- the most ever in a non-boycotted Summer Games.

TOKYO -- Canada's Katie Vincent and Laurence Vincent-Lapointe have won a bronze medal in the women's doubles 500-metre canoe sprint.

It's the first medal for Vincent and the second for Vincent-Lapointe, who took silver in the C-1 200 on Thursday. The Canadian duo crossed the finish line in one minute 59.041 seconds, about 3 1/2 seconds behind gold medallists China.Vincent and Vincent-Lapointe took an early lead but quickly fell behind and crossed the halfway mark in fifth place.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 6, 2021.

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