Van Koeverden paddling into form as Olympics approach Adam van Koeverden completed his set of the opening World Cup two weeks ago in World Cup medals, earning a gold in the Poland and added a silver in Germany last week. men's K-1 1,000m Saturday in Russia. The three-time Olympic medalist is Van Koeverden finished in three minutes, pleased with how prepara55.217 seconds, beating tions are going for his third Australia's Murray Stewart "I'm really happy with Olympics, which are now and Russia's Pavel Nikolaev my medals on this tour. less than two months away. by more than two seconds. Racing is getting better "I'm really happy with my "Murray pushed right to and better with every medals on this tour," van the last 100 metres," van Koeverden said. "Racing is Koeverden said. "I was start." getting better and better relieved to cross the line with every start." first. My lungs are still burn- Adam van Koeverden Van Koeverden also fining; it was the most challenging race of my season so far. With ished eighth in the K-1 200m. Burloak teammate Mark Oldershaw Murray in the race I knew that I couldn't afford to take my foot off the gas at all until earned his second gold medal of the World Cup season Sunday in Moscow. I was across the line." Oldershaw won the C-1 5,000m in conA strong wind that picked up just before the midway point of the race provided an vincing fashion, finishing in a time of 23:17. That was 22 seconds ahead of his nearest extra challenge for paddlers. "It was pretty hard right from the first rival, Pavel Petrov of Russia. It was Oldershaw's third career victory at stroke and just holding on to the paddle in gusty winds like that is tough," said van the distance, having also won 5,000m World Cup races last May in the Czech Republic Koeverden. Van Koeverden earned a bronze medal at and in 2009 in Poland. Sr. B Titans continue to win one, lose one An interesting season-long trend continued last weekend for the Oakville Titans senior B lacrosse team. Oakville rallied from a three-goal deficit in the third period to trim the Norwood Champs Sunday in Norwood, continuing a trend that has seen the Titans alternate wins and losses through their first nine games of the campaign. Cam Monroe had four goals and two assists, Shane Scott had three goals and four helpers, and Nicholas Grasby set up five markers to lead the Titans, who trailed Norwood 10-7 midway through the third period before rattling off seven consecutive goals. Mark White (two), Cassady Loucks, Craig Blinkhorn, Jeff Sehl, Simon Desousa and Kyle Aquin had Oakville's other goals, making a winner of goaltender John Preece. Norwood was assessed 84 of the 92 penalty minutes in the game, though 66 of those minutes came with 14 seconds left in regulation. The Titans (5-4) will look to have their first two-game winning streak of the season this weekend as they host the Sarnia Beavers Sunday at Glen Abbey Recreation Centre. 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