Silver in canoeing, bronze in kayaking for Team Manitoba
CBC News | Posted: August 7, 2017 6:39 PM | Last Updated: August 8, 2017
As 2nd week of Canada Summer Games kicks off, Manitobans win on the water
Manitoba's first medal of the second week of the Canada Summer Games was won on the river Monday afternoon.
Kayaker James Lavallee won bronze in the men's 500-metre kayak.
He was quickly followed by silver for Nicole Boyle and Maddy Mitchell in the canoe 1000-metre race. They won Manitoba's 20th medal of the games.
Team sports — which won't see the podium until the end of the week — including volleyball and softball also started up on Monday.