Canoeist from Rogart competes in second final of the Paralympic Games in Paris

HOPE Gordon finished fifth in the 200m KL3 final at the Paralympic Games in Paris.

The 29-year-old from Rogart competed in her second final of the Games on Sunday morning.

She finished in fifth place when she completed the course in 49.11 seconds.

Laura Sugar of Great Britain took gold in a time of 46.66, with Nelia Barbosa of France in second place in 47.91 and Felicia Laberer of Germany in third place in 48.79.

Yesterday, Gordon won a silver medal in the VL3 canoeing final when he finished second.

Gordon, whose left leg was amputated due to Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, is a full-time athlete at the British Canoe Centre in Nottingham.

She became ParalympicGB’s first para-nordic skier at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games.

She won a gold medal at the Paracanoe World Championships in Duisburg, Germany in August 2023, clocking a career-best time of 56.199 seconds in the women’s VL3 200m race.

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