THE CANADIAN PRESS
DUISBURG, Germany — Adam van Koeverden of Oakville, Ont., earned a gold medal in the men’s kayak singles 500-metre race Sunday to conclude the second stop on the World Cup paddling circuit.
The reigning Olympic champion earned his third World Cup victory this year in a time of one minute 40.329 seconds. Tim Brabants of Britain was second in 1:40.425 while Torsten Lubisch of Germany was third in 1:41.107.
In the canoe singles 500, Mark Oldershaw of Burlington, Ont., won bronze as Canada ended the three-day competition with six medals.
Three-time Olympic champion Andreas Dittmer of Germany was the winner in 1:51.239 with Aliaksandr Zhukouski of Belarus second in 1:51.333 and Oldershaw third in 1:51.547. Thomas Hall of Pointe-Claire, Que., was seventh.
In women’s competition, Karen Furneaux of Waverley, N.S., was sixth in the K-1 500 and Mylanie Barre of Lac-Beauport, Que., and Kristin Gauthier of Ottawa seventh in the K-2 500.
The third stop on the World Cup circuit comes two weeks from now in Poznan, Poland.
