Double silver in Canoe Sprint for Brigden-Jones

Canoe Sprint paddler Jo Brigden-Jones has finished second in a tough K1 1000 race on the weekend at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup in Belgrade, Serbia.

The NSW Institute of Sport athlete found the kayaking event enjoyable, albeit a little painful.

“I can barely stand-up my legs are hurting so much. But it was good, a good challenge for me, good to put myself out there in a new environment” Brigden-Jones said.

“So I really enjoyed it, but I’m hurting now. My leg pain blew up pretty early, and I rely on my legs a lot.”

Brigden-Jones later joined WA’s Jaime Roberts to win silver in the K2 200, adding to the silver medal for the K1 1000.

Brigden-Jones said it was a shock for her and Roberts to win a K2 medal in their first international race together.

“It’s pretty crazy, I really didn’t expect it so it’s a bit of a bonus.

“It was fun to do the K2 200. We’ve never done K2 together, so we’ve just been learning a bit each day.”

The Australian team now head home and will return to Europe for the Sprint Canoe World Championships in the Czech Republic in August.