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