2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's KL3 explained

Event:	Women's KL3
Championship:	2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Dates:	24–27 August
Venue:	Sportpark Duisburg
Location:	Duisburg, Germany
Competitors:	17
Nations:	14
Win Value:	46.48
Gold:	Laura Sugar
Gold Nation:	GBR
Silver:	Nélia Barbosa
Silver Nation:	FRA
Bronze:	Felicia Laberer
Bronze Nation:	GER
Prev:	2022

The women's KL3 competition at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg took place at Sportpark Duisburg.

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 24 August 2023	11:55	Heats
Saturday 26 August 2023	16:50	Semifinal
style=background:lemonchiffon	Sunday 27 August 2023	style=background:lemonchiffon	11:20	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.^{[2] [3]}

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Laura Sugar		45.401
2	Felicia Laberer		47.651
3	Araceli Menduina		47.792
4	Shakhnoza Mirzaeva		48.795
5	Nikoletta Molnár		49.120
6	Shahla Behrouzirad		50.746
7	Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy		1:05.335
8	Aline Furtado de Oliveira		52.330
9	Sangeeta Rajput		1:03.513

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Nélia Barbosa		46.781
2	Hope Gordon		48.274
3	Katarzyna Kozikowska		48.642
4	Amanda Embriaco		49.767
5	Mari Christina Santilli		51.018
6	Cai Yuqingyan		52.896
7	Yoshimi Kaji		53.938
8	Shabana Shabana		1:02.712

Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final.^[4]

Rank	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	Shakhnoza Mirzaeva		49.423
2	Nikoletta Molnár		49.877
3	Amanda Embriaco		49.898
4	Shahla Behrouzirad		50.581
5	Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy		51.983
6	Mari Christina Santilli		52.548
7	Cai Yuqingyan		52.923
8	Aline Furtado de Oliveira		54.724
9	Yoshimi Kaji		54.930

Final

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three.^[5]

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Laura Sugar		45.418
	Nélia Barbosa		47.028
	Felicia Laberer		47.190
4	Hope Gordon		48.639
5	Nikoletta Molnár		48.673
6	Araceli Menduina		48.692
7	Katarzyna Kozikowska		48.953
8	Shakhnoza Mirzaeva		49.752
9	Amanda Embriaco		50.415

Notes and References

1. Web site: ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships 2023 Schedule . kanuduisburg.de . 26 August 2023 . 26 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826024541/http://results.imas-sport.com/kanuduisburg/regatta.php?competition=wettkampf_277 . live .
2. Web site: KL3 Women 200m - Heat 1 . kanuduisburg.de . 26 August 2023 . 27 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230827044738/http://results.imas-sport.com/kanuduisburg/race.php?competition=wettkampf_277&race_id=115#oben . live .
3. Web site: KL3 Women 200m - Heat 2 . kanuduisburg.de . 26 August 2023 . 27 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230827044741/http://results.imas-sport.com/kanuduisburg/race.php?competition=wettkampf_277&race_id=116#oben . live .
4. Web site: KL3 Women 200m - Semi-final . kanuduisburg.de . 26 August 2023 . 27 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230827044737/http://results.imas-sport.com/kanuduisburg/race.php?competition=wettkampf_277&race_id=254#oben . live .
5. Web site: KL3 Women 200m - Final . kanuduisburg.de . 27 August 2023 . 27 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230827044739/http://results.imas-sport.com/kanuduisburg/race.php?competition=wettkampf_277&race_id=262#oben . live .