2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's KL2 explained

Event:	Women's KL2
Championship:	2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	22–23 August
Venue:	Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho
Location:	Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal
Competitors:	12
Nations:	11
Win Value:	52.627
Gold:	Charlotte Henshaw
Gold Nation:	GBR
Silver:	Emma Wiggs
Silver Nation:	GBR
Bronze:	Nadezda Andreeva
Bronze Nation:	RUS
Prev:	2017
Next:	2019

The women's KL2 competition at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho took place at the Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 22 August 2018	15:45	Heats
	16:55	Semifinal
style=background:lemonchiffon	Thursday 23 August 2018	style=background:lemonchiffon	16:48	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Heats

The fastest three boats in each heat advanced directly to the final. The next four fastest boats in each heat, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the semifinal.^{[3] [4]}

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Emma Wiggs		55.480
2	Nataliia Lagutenko		59.935
3	Susan Seipel		1:02.035
4	Wang Danqin		1:03.160
5	Debora Benevides		1:05.025
6	Agnès Legroux		1:06.525

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Charlotte Henshaw		53.820
2	Nadezda Andreeva		57.691
3	Katalin Varga		59.336
4	Anja Adler		1:03.141
5	Pascale Bercovitch		1:06.051
6	Kamila Kubas		1:07.521

Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.^[5]

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Wang Danqin		58.558
2	Anja Adler		59.313
3	Debora Benevides		1:01.808
4	Pascale Bercovitch		1:03.573
5	Kamila Kubas		1:03.773
6	Agnès Legroux		1:07.129

Final

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.^[6]

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Charlotte Henshaw		52.627
	Emma Wiggs		53.402
	Nadezda Andreeva		56.412
4	Katalin Varga		57.452
5	Nataliia Lagutenko		57.817
6	Susan Seipel		59.477
7	Wang Danqin		59.647
8	Anja Adler		1:00.317
9	Debora Benevides		1:03.477

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS How to get here. Federação Portuguesa de Canoagem. 22 August 2018.
2. Web site: 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TIME TABLE & RESULTS. CANOE SPRINT PORTUGAL . 22 August 2018.
3. Web site: 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KL2 Women 200m - 1st Heat. CANOE SPRINT PORTUGAL. 22 August 2018.
4. Web site: 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KL2 Women 200m - 2nd Heat. CANOE SPRINT PORTUGAL. 22 August 2018.
5. Web site: 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KL2 Women 200m - 1st Semi-final. CANOE SPRINT PORTUGAL. 22 August 2018.
6. Web site: 2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KL2 Women 200m - Final A. CANOE SPRINT PORTUGAL. 22 August 2018.