Canada’s Sophia Jensen clinched her inaugural world championship title on Saturday at the 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships held in Poznań, Poland. The 24-year-old athlete from Chelsea, Que., secured the top spot in the women’s C1 500-meter final, finishing with a time of two minutes and 0.78 seconds to seize the coveted gold medal. Agnes Anna Kiss from Hungary claimed the silver medal with a time of 2:02.80, while the bronze went to Alena Nazdrova from Belarus, clocking in at 2:04.80.
In addition to Jensen’s victory, another Canadian athlete, Brianna Hennessy from Ottawa, attained a bronze medal in the KL1 women’s 200m final, completing the race in 54.20 seconds. The gold medal in this event was secured by Chilean Paralympic champion Katherinne Wollermann with a time of 52.23 seconds, followed by China’s Maosan Xie, who won the silver with a time of 53.92 seconds.