Canada’s Sophia Jensen secured her first world title at the 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Poznań, Poland. The 24-year-old athlete from Chelsea, Que., clinched the gold medal in the women’s C1 500-metre final with a time of 2:00.78.
Agnes Anna Kiss of Hungary claimed the silver medal in 2:02.80, while Belarusian Alena Nazdrova took home the bronze with a time of 2:04.80. Another Canadian success came from Ottawa’s Brianna Hennessy, who won bronze in the KL1 women’s 200m final, finishing in 54.20 seconds.
Chilean Paralympic champion Katherinne Wollermann secured the gold medal with a time of 52.23 seconds, edging out China’s Maosan Xie who took silver in 53.92 seconds.
