Canada increased its medal count at the 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in PoznaÅ by securing three additional medals. Sophia Jensen and Brianna Hennessy each earned their second medals of the competition, with the women’s C4 crew also clinching a bronze.
Jensen won silver in the women’s C1 200m event, marking her second podium finish after previously winning gold. She finished in 44.90 seconds, just 0.50 seconds behind Ukraine’s Liudmyla Luzan who claimed the gold in 44.40. Nevin Harrison from the United States took the bronze in 45.04.
Hennessy also made a return to the podium by winning silver in the women’s VL2 200m race with a time of 1:00.82. Emma Wiggs from Great Britain secured gold in 58.76, while Anastasia Miasnikova grabbed the bronze in 1:02.31. With this silver medal, Hennessy now has two medals from two races in the competition.
The women’s C4 crew from Canada, consisting of Katie Vincent, Zoe Wojtyk, Sloan MacKenzie, and Elizabeth Desrosiers-McArthur, added another medal by clinching the bronze in the C4 500m event with a time of 1:48.17. China emerged victorious with the gold, while Hungary settled for silver.