Canada’s Sophia Jensen secured her first-ever world title at the 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships held in Poznań, Poland over the weekend. The 24-year-old athlete hailing from Chelsea, Quebec, clinched the gold medal in the women’s C1 500-meter final with an impressive time of 2:00.78.
In the same event, Agnes Anna Kiss from Hungary claimed the silver medal finishing in 2:02.80, while the bronze medal was awarded to Alena Nazdrova from Belarus with a time of 2:04.80.
Adding to Canada’s success, Brianna Hennessy from Ottawa secured the bronze medal in the KL1 women’s 200m final, clocking in at 54.20 seconds. The gold in this event was won by Chilean Paralympic champion Katherinne Wollermann with a time of 52.23, followed by China’s Maosan Xie taking the silver with a time of 53.92.