On the final day of the European Championships, the Para-Canoe team from Great Britain won three more medals to finish first overall.
The team won seven medals, seven more than any other nation, in four golds, four silvers, and one bronze.
Laura Sugar won the KL3 200m race, finishing 1.747 seconds ahead of France’s Nelia Barbosa.
With the victory, Sugar now holds the Olympic and World Championship titles in Europe.
Norberto Mourao, Portugal’s Edward Clifton, finished second in the men’s VL2 200m event, while Stuart Wood came in second place in the VL3 200m.
On Saturday, Charlotte Henshaw won two of Britain’s six medals, taking home silver in the VL3 and the KL2.
Hope Gordon, who won by half a length, defeated Henshaw in the VL3 women’s final.
Christian Volpi, 36, defeated Olympic silver medalist David Phillipson to claim the KL2 men’s title in a 45.56 seconds match.
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- Canoeing
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Source: BBC
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