Canoeing: Mallory Franklin wins World Cup C1 silver medal

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Mallory Franklin won her second World Cup C1 silver medal of the season in Tacen, Slovenia at the weekend.

The 19 year old put down two consistent performances to be third fastest in the semi finals and second best in the final.

Gold went to her close rival Australia’s Jessica Fox with Monika Jancova of the Czech Republic taking bronze.

“Jess seems to have this habit of just managing to beat me, but not by a lot, in every race so it would be nice to put down a run to beat her,” said Franklin afterwards.

“But it’s good to know that I am performing consistently at that sort of level now, even though it would have been nice to get gold.”

Franklin began her World Cup season in Cardiff with bronze in the Women’s C1, then took silver in the same event at Augsburg. Since then she has maintained great form with a gold medal in the Under 23 Europeans and a fourth place in the Junior World Championships.

“It’s been a really good season so far,” she continued. “It’s been solid paddling as opposed to startling performances, which is leading me to be in the top few in each race.

Fellow Brit Kimberley Woods, who qualified for the Women’s C1 final with the second fastest time in the semis, finished ninth.

Lizzie Flint, Sportsister
The Women’s Sports Magazine

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