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BBC News
28-06-2025
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GB's Leaver claims another bronze after Burgess gold
Great Britain's Lois Leaver claimed bronze at the Canoe Slalom World Cup event in Prague on Saturday to add to Adam Burgess' clinched third in the women's kayak final by just 0.1 seconds, despite the 23-year-old Scot picking up a Evy Leibfarth claimed gold ahead of Camille Prigent of France, while Leaver has now won bronze in all three of this year's World Cup events so won the men's C1 silver at this year's opener in Spain at the start of this month and the Olympic silver medallist topped that by clinching gold on short course format made its debut in the Czech Republic, featuring 12 gates rather than the usual 21, and Burgess triumphed after missing out on the final last time out in 32-year-old, who helped GB win the C1 team gold at last month's European Championships, beat Slovenia's Ziga Lin Hocevar while Olympic champion Nicolas Gestin of France claimed is one round left in the World Cup series, which takes place in Tacen, Slovenia, from 29-31 August, before the final is held in Augsburg, Germany, from 4-7 September.
BBC News
14-06-2025
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GB's Westley wins canoe slalom gold in Pau
Great Britain's Ryan Westley claimed his first career canoe slalom World Cup gold with victory in the men's C1 in Pau, 31-year-old's run of 97.74s was just enough to hold off France's Yohann Senechault and Spain's Miquel Trave who finished second and third respectively."I saw what those lads were putting down, listened to the commentary and I didn't really think I had it in me so it left me no option to just go for it," Westley said."I crossed the finish line and didn't expect to see green. I'm buzzing."It is his first World Cup gold having previously won two silvers and three Olympic champion Jessica Fox won the 35th gold of her career in the women's C1 victory for Westley comes after compatriot Lois Leaver earned bronze in the women's K1 on was a second successive medal for Leaver after she won bronze in kayak cross at the first World Cup leg of the season in La Seu d'Urgell in Spain last weekend.
