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Laurence Vincent Lapointe credits a "weird little flame" inside her for helping her stay strong when it looked like her Olympic dreams would be dashed.

Canadian canoe star Laurence Vincent Lapointe must wait longer to find out if she will compete at the Tokyo Olympics in July as the International Canoe Federation needs more time to make a decision regarding her doping violation last year.

Laurence Vincent Lapointe will learn if she is eligible to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics within the next 30 days.

Tune into Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. This week's edition features coverage of the world rowing championships.

CBC Sports is providing a free live stream of the 2019 Canadian national sprint canoe kayak championships from Regina.

Watch live action from the 2019 world rowing championships from Austria.

CBC Sports is providing a free live stream of the 2019 ICF canoe spring world championships from Hungary.

Canoeist Laurence Vincent Lapointe is the latest Canadian Olympic medal hopeful to get caught up in a doping controversy. She has tested positive for the banned substance Ligandrol — which can help build and repair muscles. Here's a look at five previous doping incidents involving Canadian Olympic athletes.

Canada’s Laurence Vincent Lapointe, an 11-time canoe world champion, revealed on Tuesday that she has tested positive for Ligandrol, which can help repair and build muscles.

Laurence Vincent-Lapointe of Trois-Riviè???????res, Que., will not compete at this week's canoe sprint world championships in Hungary after failing an out-of-competition doping test in late July and has been provisionally suspended, pending the outcome of her case.