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Canada’s Sophia Jensen won the first world title of her career on Saturday at the 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Poznań, Poland.
The 24-year-old from Chelsea, Que., finished first in the women’s C1 500-metre final, clocking a time of two minutes 0.78 seconds to claim the gold medal.
Agnes Anna Kiss of Hungary won silver in 2:02.80, with bronze going to Belarusian Alena Nazdrova (2:04.80).
Jensen wasn’t the only Canadian to claim a medal on Saturday, as Ottawa’s Brianna Hennessy won bronze in the KL1 women’s 200m final with a time of 54.20 seconds.
Chilean Paralympic champion Katherinne Wollermann (52.23) captured gold ahead of China’s Maosan Xie (53.92).