Complex sentence: He earned his best finish of third in the 1997 World Sprint Canoe Championships in the Men's K-4 1000m event in Nova Scotia, Canada and his best Olympic finish of ninth in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996.
Split into simpler sentences: He earned his best finish of third in the Men's K-4 1000m event in the 1997 World Sprint Canoe Championships in Nova Scotia, Canada. His best Olympic placing was ninth in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996.