Canada won the silver medal in the women’s single canoe sprint for the first time in history at the Tokyo Olympics-National

Canada’s Laurence Vincent-Lapointe won the silver medal for the first time Olympic Women’s 200-meter single canoe sprint in Tokyo on Thursday.

American player Nevin Harrison won the gold medal, and Ukrainian player Lyudmila Luzan won the bronze medal in the historic final. Canadian compatriot Katie Vincent finished last in the game.

Vincent-Lapointe finished third in her semifinals earlier Thursday and won the qualifiers on Wednesday, which puts her in a good position to be on the podium.

The Tokyo Olympics was the first competition to allow women to participate in the canoe sprint. In the previous Summer Olympics, the women’s kayaking competition was downgraded.

Vincent-Lapointe participated in these Olympics as one of the world’s top female rowing sprinters for more than a decade.

This native from Trois-Riviers, Quebec has won 200m gold medals in multiple World Championships, World Cups and Pan American Championships, but had to wait until 2017 for the sport’s International Federation and the International Olympic Committee to be female Make room for the Olympic Games.

On Friday, she will join Vincent in the women’s 500-meter double canoe sprint qualifier.