Canada’s Sophia Jensen achieved her first world title at the 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Poznań, Poland. The 24-year-old athlete from Chelsea, Que., secured the gold medal in the women’s C1 500-meter final with a time of 2 minutes 0.78 seconds. Agnes Anna Kiss from Hungary claimed the silver medal in 2:02.80, while the bronze went to Belarusian Alena Nazdrova clocking 2:04.80.
Another Canadian success came from Ottawa’s Brianna Hennessy, who won the bronze in the KL1 women’s 200m final with a time of 54.20 seconds. Chilean Paralympic champion Katherinne Wollermann took the gold with a time of 52.23, beating China’s Maosan Xie who secured the silver with 53.92 seconds.