Rideau paddler Golden at Pan Am Championships

Isaac Finkelstein captured one of the Canadian junior team’s 13 Gold Medals at the Pan American Sprint Canoe Kayak Championships. At the championships held Oct. 12-15 in Ibarra, Ecuador, 18-year-old Finkelstein won first place in the C1 1000 m, with a time of 4:18:41. Finkelstein, of the Rideau Canoe Club, later won a bronze in the C1 200 m.