Katie Vincent won gold in the canoe sprint women's C-1 200m to claim Canada's eighth gold medal and 25th medal of the Paris Olympics on Saturday, setting new national records for most gold medals and most total medals won at a non-boycotted Summer Games.
Canada's previous best was seven gold medals and 24 total medals at Tokyo 2020. (Canadian athletes won 10 gold and 44 total medals at Los Angeles 1984, a total significantly inflated by the boycott of 14 Eastern Bloc countries, including the Soviet Union and East Germany.)
Vincent won her race in a world-best time of 44.12 seconds, just 0.01 seconds over American Nevin Harrison, who had to settle for the silver. Yarisleidis Cirilo Duboys of Cuba took the bronze with a time of 44.36 seconds.
The gold marks the second Olympic medal in Paris for Vincent after she claimed bronze Friday with partner Sloan MacKenzie in women's double 500m canoe. Vincent also won bronze in women's double 500m canoe at Tokyo 2020, giving her three career Olympic medals.
Vincent joined Summer McIntosh and Ilya Kharun as the only Canadians to win multiple medals in Paris. McIntosh captured a Canadian-record three gold medals as well as a silver in the pool, while fellow swimmer Kharun won a pair of bronzes.
Overall, Canada has six silver and 11 bronze medals to go with the eight gold.
