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