Sydney Nixon placed 6th at the ICF (International Canoe Federation) Canoe Freestyle World Championships here last week.
The 16-year-old Elora resident, a Grade 11 student at Centre Wellington District High School, failed to make it to the final round, missing it by 17 points.
But her placing could be considered a success, considering her age and that this was her first world championships. She has been training hard since the age of 12.
The ICF world championships, held Sept. 2 to 8, featured 300 of the world’s top freestyle athletes competing on the Nantahala River in South Carolina.
