Canada’s Sophia Jensen achieved her first-ever world title on Saturday at the 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships held in Poznań, Poland. The 24-year-old athlete from Chelsea, Quebec, secured the gold medal by finishing first in the women’s C1 500-meter final with a time of 2 minutes and 0.78 seconds. 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, finishing in 2:04.80.
In addition to Jensen’s victory, another Canadian athlete, Brianna Hennessy from Ottawa, clinched the bronze in the KL1 women’s 200m final with a time of 54.20 seconds. The gold 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 took the silver with a time of 53.92 seconds.