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GB’s Cawthorn just out of medals

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Rachel Cawthorn, Great Britain’s leading female sprint kayaker, suffered a second near-miss on the final day of the World Championships in Canada.

Having come fifth in a four-woman crew on Saturday, she was 0.6 seconds off a podium place in Sunday’s singles final.

Cawthorn was beaten to bronze by Italy’s Josefa Idem, who she had pipped to third spot in the European Champs.

“I am a little disappointed that I didn’t medal but its a good end to the season,” said the 21-year-old.

“The results this year confirm that we are on the right track.

“If we continue training and preparing as we have, we will be on the podium in the not too distant future.”
Britain’s four-man kayak were seventh on Saturday after becoming the GB crew to reach a world final in that class.

Ben Farrell, Stuart Hastings, Paul Wycherley and Andy Daniels were three seconds behind winners Belarus in Dartmouth.

The kayak double of Lucy Wainwright and Lani Belcher also raced in a final on Sunday but their eighth-place finish behind champions Hungary was two short of the pre-championships aim.

And performance director John Anderson was impressed, particularly with the women, saying: “These are the best results at a Worlds for GB ever.
“Rachel’s fourth place in the K1 and the women’s K2 and K4 results are fantastic; they are consistently reaching the finals.”

A young Great Britain squad were without double Olympic medallist Tim Brabants, who is taking a year out from competition to concentrate on his medical career.