Great Britain’s Ottilie Robinson-Shaw captured two gold medals at the European Canoe Association Canoe Freestyle European Championships in Graz, Austria.
The last day of the competition saw Robinson-Shaw emerge victorious in the women’s canoe and women’s kayak finals.
There was also delight for Poland’s Tomasz Czaplicki in the men’s K1 and France’s Tom Dolle in the men’s C1.
Robinson-Shaw clinched the first of her two titles thanks to a score of 1566.67 points in the women’s K1 final.
Poland’s Zofia Tula earned 958.33 for silver, with Germany’s Merle Hauser securing 756.67 for bronze.
Robinson-Shaw completed the double after registering 1283.33 for victory in the women’s C1 final.
Tula had to settle for silver again with 566.67, while the bronze went to Germany’s Anica Schacher with 406.67.
"I feel very happy,” said Robinson-Shaw.
“Competition is hard.
“To be able to put down in K1 and C1 is a dream come true.
“You get stressed and sometimes you just need to keep going along with the competition and see how it goes.
“It ended well.
“I worked really hard at this event to make a really solid plan, so I knew exactly what tricks to do.
“I think it paid off.”
Czaplicki was crowned European champion in men's K1 event after producing the best in two out of the three runs the competitors had.
The Polish paddler received the highest score in the second run where he achieved 1943.33.
Harry Price of Great Britain was second with 1773.33 after receiving the identical score in his first and third attempt in the final.
Belgium's Tom Dierick won bronze medal thanks to his first run of 1653.33.
Dolle also stood at the winner's podium after clinching the men’s C1 title with 1310.00 in the first run of the day.
His compatriot Jean-Yves Moustrou was second with 1041.67, while Germany’s Sebastian Kurt Rudolf Nelle scored 966.67 for bronze.
Pictures by ECA
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