Sophia Jensen of Canada secured her first-ever world title 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 with an impressive time of 2:00.78.
Following closely behind, Agnes Anna Kiss from Hungary claimed the silver medal with a time of 2:02.80, while Belarusian Alena Nazdrova took home the bronze in 2:04.80.
In addition to Jensen’s victory, Brianna Hennessy from Ottawa also made Canada proud by securing the bronze in the KL1 women’s 200m final, clocking 54.20 seconds. The gold in this event was won by Chilean Paralympic champion Katherinne Wollermann with a time of 52.23, while China’s Maosan Xie settled for silver with a time of 53.92.