THE CANADIAN PRESS
POZNAN, Poland — Adam van Koeverden of Oakville, Ont., and Canada’s women’s K-4 crew won silver medals Saturday at the second stop on the canoe and kayak World Cup circuit.
In the men’s K-1 500 metres, Sebastien Jouve of France won the gold medal in one minute 40.299 seconds. Van Koeverden, who won the season opening World Cup 1,000-metre race two weeks ago, followed in 1:40.963 and Max Hoff of Germany was third in 1:41.335.
In the women’s K-4 500, Germany won the gold in 1:33.790 with the Canadians second in 1:34.722. The Canadian paddlers were Genevieve Orton of Dartmouth, N.S., Emilie Fournel of Montreal, Kristin Gauthier of Ottawa and Mylanie Barre of Lac-Beauport, Que.
Another German crew was third in 1:35.430.
“This is a fantastic result for us, better than what we expected,” said Orton, in her second season on the national team. “We had a great start in our opening heat and just tried to duplicate that in every round and improve our finish. We were a little bit nervous going into this competition but everything came together so well.”
Gauthier also posted a seventh-place finish in the K-2 500 with Kia Byers of Regina.
In other men’s 500 finals, Mark Oldershaw of Burlington, Ont., was eighth in the C-1 while Andrew Russell of Dartmouth and Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny of Trois-Rivieres, Que., finished ninth in the C-2. Ryan Cochrane of Hammond Plains, N.S., and Steven Jorens of Aurora, Ont., were ninth in the K-2.
“We are pleased with the results,” said Graham Barton, sprint high performance director for CanoeKayak Canada. “We had several crews in the final despite the fact we just arrived here and are just getting settled for this European tour.”