Laurence Vincent Lapointe, Katie Vincent advance to canoe semifinals

Canadian medal-hopeful Laurence Vincent Lapointe is in to the semifinals in the women's C1 200m, winning her heat race handedly in her Olympic debut on Tuesday.

Vincent Lapointe, a 13-time world champion from Trois-Rivières, Que., got off to a strong start in her heat and never looked back finishing in 45.408 seconds.

Compatriot Katie Vincent from Mississauga, Ont., also made the semifinal in the event, winning her heat in 46.391 seconds.

The semifinals are set to begin at 11:29 p.m., ET.

de Jonge, Matveev into quarter-finals

Halifax's Mark de Jonge struggled in his first race of the Tokyo Games.

The 2012 bronze medallist finished in fourth place in his heat of the men's K1 200m, moving into the quarter-finals — which serves as a repechage as the top two boats in the heat races move to the semifinals.

In the earlier heat, Toronto's Nicholas Matveev finished in fourth place in the five-boat heat, finishing in 36.190 seconds, moving into the quarter-final repechage.

The quarter-finals get underway at 11:08 p.m. ET.

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