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Lanier lures back Canadian canoe/kayak event
Rowing club to also host 2012 U.S. Marathon Team Trials
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Members of the Pointe-Claire Canoe Kayak Club of Pointe-Claire, Quebec, compete Sunday in the senior women’s K-4 500-meter race during the Canadian Olympic Finals at the Lake Lanier Olympic Venue in Gainesville. - photo by SARA GUEVARA
It’s a rare occurrence to drive into a Gainesville parking lot and find more Quebec license plates than those from Georgia. That was the case at the Lake Lanier Olympic Center over the weekend as Gainesville hosted canoe and kayaking Olympic trials for Canada ahead of the summer games in London. Seventy-five Canadian paddlers competed on Lake Lanier on Friday through Sunday, as they have in years in past.