Slalom Update: David Ford wins World Cup Final in Brazil.
The 2002 whitewater slalom season was one of the best ever for Team Canada.David Ford of Chilliwack, B.C.,won the World Cup Final event in Brazil in September to finish second overall in the World Cup series. This followed a strong showing for Canada at the World Championships in Bourg Ste. Maurice at the end of August. Canada finished in the top 8 in each of the three events entered. David Ford led the team with a 6th place result in men’s single kayak. James Cartwright finished 7th with a personal best in men’s single canoe, and Margaret Langford also set a personal best to finish 8th in women’s single kayak.
Canadian team member Margaret Langford placed 8th in
women’s K-1 at the World Championships in France, August 25. photo Paul Villecourt.
The venue at Bourg
Ste.Maurice featured
big, fast water and a tough course that kept many excellent athletes, including several Olympic gold medalists, out of the finals. Canada’s Saskia Van Mourik, Sarah Boudens and Mike Holroyd made it to semi-finals. Nathan Davis and Pierre Levesque qualified with personal bests.Holroyd,Ford’s training partner, went on to win 20th place at the World Cup Final in Brazil, rounding off the year as perhaps the most successful ever for the team.
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