Qualification

Sometimes it's your day, sometimes it's not.

Paul Manning-Hunter continued his consistent streak of making Semi-Finals today with a 26th place in the World Championship Qualifier. He was the top Canadian, while fellow team mate John Hastings also squeaked through to Semis in 39th place. Both will race Sunday for a berth in the Final and they will be racing to make the Nation sport for Canada at the Olympics. We need one of them to be in the top 15 countries. Who goes will be determined next April in North Carolina.

Purcell/Purcell had some great paddling today but were unable to make the top 20 semi-final. The C2 class is the hardest to qualify in recent years and today was no exception. The racing was tight and there was no room for error.

In the women's class Jessica Groeneveld was unable to repeat her performance from Wednesday (when the race was cancelled) and did not move through to the semis. Canada did not qualify an Olympic spot in K1W or C2 and will now have to race off against other countries of the 'Americas' in Brazil in March. Luckily in K1w, the Americans Did qualify a Nation spot, so we don't have to race them in Brazil.

Tomorrow, Haley Daniels makes her world Championships debut in C1w. Good Luck!