European Championships Munich 2022: Emma Wiggs and Laura Sugar win Para-canoe golds
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European Championships Munich 2022: Watch Emma Wiggs and Laura Sugar win Para-canoe golds
Emma Wiggs and Laura Sugar won Para-canoe golds for Great Britain on the final day of the European Championships in Munich.
Her victory in the KL2 200m marks a second European title in 48 hours for 42-year-old Wiggs, after she won the VL2 200m on Friday.
Sugar's gold in the KL3 200m brought her first European title.
Hope Gordon took bronze in Sugar's event, while Charlotte Henshaw won silver behind Wiggs.
There were bronze medals too for David Phillipson and Jonathan Young in the men's KL2 and KL3 200m respectively.
Wiggs has now won eight European golds, in addition to her two Paralympic and 10 world titles.
She set a European best time of 47.845 seconds to win her latest crown, more than two seconds ahead of Henshaw - who won VL3 200m gold on Friday.
"I just tried to do my best from the bucket," Wiggs told 大象传媒 Sport. "I got a PB so I'm really happy about that.
"I'm really chuffed to be on the podium again with Charlotte."
Paralympic champion Henshaw, 35, had led from the start of the race but an issue with her paddle saw her slip back.
"I almost dropped my paddle, it was on the opposite side of the boat and I have never experienced that before in a race, and unfortunately it's in a major final," said the former swimmer.
"But it's something to learn from, and I'm actually really proud of myself with how I handled that.
"In the moment, I could have fallen in quite easily, so to pick myself back up and get back in the race and just try to cling on to get on the podium, I'm very proud of that."
Sugar, who switched sports from Para-athletics in 2019, also set a European best in her race, her time of 47.443secs edging gold by just 0.341secs.
As the holder of the Paralympic, world and European titles, she completes the Grand Slam.
"To complete the Grand Slam - I hadn't even thought about that - is amazing," Sugar told 大象传媒 Sport.
"Worlds was our main thing this year, that was two weeks ago. The top four from the worlds were the top four here so it's a really good dogfight.
"To come out on top, I'm really proud."
Gordon finished 0.821secs back to take the bronze. Earlier this year, the 27-year-old made history by becoming ParalympicsGB's first female Para-nordic skier at the Beijing Winter Games.