Women’s C2 Enjoy Double Medal Success at World Championships
GB’s Samantha Rippington and Lisa Suttle will return home from the Sprint Racing Championships this week, after winning a Bronze and a Silver medal in the C2 events.
Rippington and Suttle, who finished 7th and 6th respectively in the C1 events, produced an excellent display of racing – further illustrating why the Women’s C1 and C2 events should be included in future competitions.
Samantha and Lisa with their medals
In the 200M event, the pair finished 3rd in a time of 51.141, just behind Ecuador’s Belen Ibarra Trivino and Friend Chung in 50.991. The Gold medal was won by Canada’s Halavrezos and Marks in 48.399.
In the 500M event, Rippington and Suttle pipped Belen Ibarra Trivino and Friend Chung to the Silver medal, with a time of 2.18.427. 1st place was taken again by Halavrezos and Marks in 2.10.625.
Please Note; the Women’s C2 events were exhibition events
Full results can be found at http://zap.norex.ca/results/listing/