22 FEL VRE EOE Pe ARE CNG SE Aware iviews “yg MO ay aes Langford takes second Kayaker posts best World - Cup result Andrew McCredie Editor andrew@nsnews.com MARGARET Langford won a silver medal in comeback style Sunday to highlight Canada’s most productive perfor- mance on the World Cup whitewater slalom kayak circuit ever. The Lion’s Bay paddler took second place in’ the women’s K-1] (kayak singles) event in) Wausau, Wisconsin. Cathy Hearn of the U.S. won the gold with a nva-run com- bined score of 273.52 points. France's Peggy ins was third. Langford was sixth aiter the first run, but a blistering second run put the UBC grad- uate in second spot with a combined score of 273.94, “T feel like TF paddled to my potential,” the 28- year-old nwo-time Olympian said of her best-ever World Cup result “On the second run especially I was able to hold my race together from start to finish.” Langford said she had con- fidence i in her race plan, and t got stronger in her second ‘There was a couple of dif- arena to get upgrade amalgamate : the, cus: service and skate shop. : usly 4 approved ‘ funds 0 will be reallo- customer service. * ‘-A\ report from recreation . manager Josie’ Chuback esti- -matés that.-construction. of shop/office “area can gi -immediately. Construction | of -the new change. rooms, which will be relocated to the west side of the ing, is not scheduled to begin until April 1999. Currently, the 30,000 square foot facility is used 16-” 18 :hours per. day, seven days per week throughout the year, with ‘over 125,000 program visits aneitial The decishm to refurbish the change rcums comes partly from a:June 1998 report from PBK Architects Inc. ‘They were paid. $20,000. to develop options that would best serve the demands of the usérs and, at the same time, fit into coun- V's plans for the future. rede- pment at the central. recre- ation site, and while the plans for . redeveloping the central cite remain largely confidential, it is asstimed, based on the ‘salt report, that this-provision has been: worked into the arena’ upgrading scheme. Chuback reports that West Vancouver’s arena needs to se remain competitive and that the improved change rooms are part of the plan. But she rejects the idea of competing head to head with newer mula- ice facilities like the one being planned for North Vancouver. “We must ensure that we offer an attractive product that provides good value to our community groups and users,” ‘she writes in her report. Colour: Europa Blue Mica ’ Drive: Quattro IV Liles: m- Family outings, heated steering wheels. Tumens: 200 horse power, embiante interiors. Turroffs: Overweight, overwrought sportutility vehicles. Ambitions: a To be the #1 AWD luxury wagon on the market - and leosed from $688/month.” fee deoler for details ficult moves on this course and Twas able to nail them’™ she remarked. The medal-winning perfor- mance was Langford’s second career World Cup medal (she won a bronze last season). The Wisconsin river race weekend was also good tu North Vancouver's James Caroright. The North Shore men’s C- 1 (canoe singles) paddler was ninth in Saturday's qualifier, and posted a career-high 14th place finish on Sunday. “Well Uo had a better dav Saturday,” the 21-year-old Cartwright said. “It was tougher today = (Sundav} because the other paddlers were a little more sharp for the final.”.. France finished 1-2 in the event with Emmanuel Brugvin first and Herve Delamarre see- ond. Slovakia’s Juraj Mincik was third. The weekend World Cup event was also a strong one for the Canadian team as it was the first time Canada had placed finalists (top-15) in all four events at a World Cup. The fifth and final World Cup stop is next month. WOLFE »CHEV OLDS copy zotBlaxy fi Prek Gt the vee Wednesday, August 5, 1998 — North Shore News - 11 MARGARET LANGFORD: Paddles to silver medal. Final results from: Sunday's World Cup: WOMEN K-1: 1. Cathy Hearn, U.S., 273.52; 2. Margaret Langford, Lions Bay, B.C., 273.94; 3. Peggy Dickens, France, 274.51; 4. Heather Corrie, Britain, 275.58; 5. Anne-Line Poneer, France, 276.97, 6. Danielle Woodward, Australia, 277.78; 7. Isabelle Despres, France, 278.38; 8. Vanda Semeradova, Czech Republic, 281.04; 9. Kath Pigdon, Britain, 285.94; 10. Kimberley Walsh, Britain, 288.74. MEN C-1: 1. Emmanuel Brugvin, France, 245.99 points; 2. Herve Delamarre, France, 249.16; 3. Juyaj Mincik, Slovakia, 250.00; 4. Simeon Hocevar, Slovenia, 251.96; 5. Patrice Estanguet, France, 253.97; 6.- Pavel Janda, Czech — Republic, 257.06; 7. Robin Bell, Australia, 257.70; 8. David Hearn, U.S., 259.40; 9. Tony Estanguet, 262.73; 10. 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