2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's VL2 explained

Event:	Women's VL2
Championship:	2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	21–22 August
Venue:	Olympic Centre of Szeged
Location:	Szeged, Hungary
Competitors:	11
Nations:	9
Win Value:	56.10
Gold:	Emma Wiggs
Gold Nation:	GBR
Silver:	Susan Seipel
Silver Nation:	AUS
Bronze:	Maria Nikiforova
Bronze Nation:	RUS
Prev:	2018
Next:	2021

The women's VL2 competition at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged took place at the Olympic Centre of Szeged.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 21 August 2019	09:50	Heats
	12:50	Semifinal
style=background:lemonchiffon	Thursday 22 August 2019	style=background:lemonchiffon	16:35	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

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		58.44
2	Maria Nikiforova		1:00.93
3	Edina Müller		1:11.05
4	Katherine Wollermann		1:16.30
5	Kaitlyn Verfuerth		1:17.29
6	Pooja Ojha		1:28.81

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Susan Seipel		59.64
2	Débora Benevides		1:03.01
3	Katharina Bauernschmidt		1:05.70
4	Veronica Biglia		1:08.69
5	Prachi Yadav		1:18.25

Semifinal

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

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Veronica Biglia		1:07.47
2	Kaitlyn Verfuerth		1:12.55
3	Katherine Wollermann		1:14.51
4	Prachi Yadav		1:18.31
5	Pooja Ojha		1:29.19

Final

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

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Emma Wiggs		56.10
	Susan Seipel		57.74
	Maria Nikiforova		59.24
4	Débora Benevides		1:01.62
5	Katharina Bauernschmidt		1:03.89
6	Veronica Biglia		1:05.61
7	Edina Müller		1:08.27
8	Kaitlyn Verfuerth		1:09.04
9	Katherine Wollermann		1:09.83

Notes and References

1. Web site: szeged19 RACE COURSE. Hungarian Canoe Federation. 22 August 2019. 21 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190821141649/https://szeged2019.com/racecourse/. dead.
2. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS . Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation . 22 August 2019 . 21 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190821144903/https://results.szeged2019.com/competition/1/races . dead .
3. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS VL2 Women 200m - Heat I. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 22 August 2019.
4. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS VL2 Women 200m - Heat II. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 22 August 2019.
5. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS VL2 Women 200m - Semi-final I. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 22 August 2019.
6. Web site: 2019 ICF CANOE SPRINT & PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS VL2 Women 200m - Final A. Digicorp / Hungarian Canoe Federation. 22 August 2019.