Canada has increased its medal count at the 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Poznań, as Sophia Jensen and Brianna Hennessy earned their second medals of the event, and the women’s C4 crew secured a bronze medal. Jensen clinched silver in the women’s C1 200m race, finishing just 0.50 seconds behind Ukraine’s Liudmyla Luzan who won gold. American Nevin Harrison took the bronze. Hennessy claimed silver in the women’s VL2 200m with a time of 1:00.82, while Emma Wiggs of Great Britain secured gold. The Canadian women’s C4 crew, comprised of Katie Vincent, Zoe Wojtyk, Sloan MacKenzie, and Elizabeth Desrosiers-McArthur, won bronze in the C4 500m event with a time of 1:48.17. China and Hungary took gold and silver, respectively. Jensen and Hennessy leave Poznań with two medals each, adding to Canada’s success at the championships.
