Canadian sprint canoeist Katie Vincent set a world record in the women’s C-1 500-metre event on Sunday at the national trials in Montreal.
The 29-year-old Olympic champion clocked a time of two minutes 0.609 seconds in the final at the Olympic Basin, breaking the previous mark of 2:00.73 set by Alena Nazdrova of Belarus at the 2019 world championships in Szeged, Hungary.
2022 world silver medallist Sophia Jensen of Chelsea, Que., finished one spot behind Vincent in 2:03.159.
🚨WORLD RECORD TIME ALERT!🚨<br><br>Katie Vincent just set the water on fire in Montreal with a personal best AND world record time at National Team Trials! 🔥🌊🇨🇦 <a href=”https://t.co/mpWUONe93b”>pic.twitter.com/mpWUONe93b</a>
—@CanoeKayakCAN
Vincent, who hails from Mississauga, Ont., became the first-ever Canadian woman to capture Olympic gold in the sport at Paris 2024 by winning the C-1 200m race — the lone individual women’s canoe sprint event at the Games. Her winning time of 44.12 seconds is also a world record.
The two-time Olympian won bronze medals in Tokyo and Paris in the C-2 500m event, alongside Laurence Vincent Lapointe and Sloan MacKenzie, respectively.
The 2025 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships will be held in Milan from Aug. 20 to 24.
