Canadian paddler ‘LVL’ travelled long and winding road to Tokyo’s Olympic Games

Canadian paddler Laurence Vincent-Lapointe takes winding road to Olympic Games

Canada's Laurence Vincent-Lapointe reacts after winning the C1 Women 200m final during the Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany, on Aug. 31, 2013.Laurence Vincent-Lapointe recalls kneeling in her canoe preparing to race and hearing the mutterings of a starting official who forgot to turn off his microphone.

The dominant woman in sprint canoe for more than a decade, the Canadian waited years for the international federation and the International Olympic Committee to make room in the Olympic Games for women to race it. Suspended and out of the 2019 world championship while she battled for reinstatement, Vincent-Lapointe drifted.

The global COVID-19 pandemic pushing Tokyo 2020 to 2021 gave Vincent-Lapointe time to regain her form. Canoe Kayak Canada declined to send paddlers to international World Cups this spring because of the pandemic situation. CKC ultimately awarded Vincent-Lapointe an Olympic team quota spot based on a performance review.

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