{"id":797440,"date":"2026-07-12T17:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T17:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/797440\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T17:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T17:09:12","slug":"canadian-paddlers-jensen-hennessy-double-up-on-hardware-at-world-cup-in-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/797440\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian paddlers Jensen, Hennessy double up on hardware at World Cup in Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Canada’s Sophia Jensen and Brianna Hennessy added to Canada’s medal haul on Sunday at the canoe sprint and Para canoe World Cup in Montreal. <\/p>\n

Jensen, a 24-year-old from Chelsea, Que., won silver in the women’s C1 200-metre event, crossing the line in 45.16 seconds. Ukraine’s Liudmyla Luzan claimed gold in 44.68, while Cuba’s Yarisleidis Duboy took bronze in 45.23. <\/p>\n

The silver medal came a day after Jensen finished second in the women’s C1 500-metre event. <\/p>\n

Hennessy, an Ottawa Para canoeist, also earned silver, finishing the women’s VL2 200-metre race in 1:01.97 at the Olympic Basin in Parc Jean-Drapeau. Great Britain’s Emma Wiggs won gold in 57.76 seconds, while Brazil’s Debora Benevides claimed bronze in the six-woman field.<\/p>\n

WATCH | Canada’s Brianna Hennessy wins another silver medal at Paracanoe World Cup in Montreal:\"\"<\/p>\n

Canada’s Brianna Hennessy wins another silver medal at Paracanoe World Cup in Montreal<\/p>\n

One day after claiming silver in the Paracanoe KL1 women’s 200-metre race, Ottawa’s Brianna Hennessy finished second in the VL2 women’s 200m race, at the Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup in Montreal.<\/p>\n

Canada added two more bronze medals later Sunday morning. <\/p>\n

Erica Scarff of Mississauga, Ont., finished third in the women’s VL3 200-metre Para canoe race, crossing the line in 58.71 seconds. <\/p>\n

The Canadian C4 crew of Zoe Wojtyk, Elizabeth Desrosiers-McArthur, Sloan MacKenzie and Katie Vincent also claimed bronze in the women’s C4 500-metre final. <\/p>\n

WATCH | Canada’s Erica Scarff paddles to a bronze medal at Paracanoe World Cup in Montreal:\"\"<\/p>\n

Canada’s Erica Scarff paddles to a bronze medal at Paracanoe World Cup in Montreal<\/p>\n

Erica Scarff of Mississauga, Ont., finished third in the Paracanoe VL3 women’s 200-metre race, at the Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup in Montreal.<\/p>\n

The canoe sprint and Para canoe world championships will be held from Aug. 26 to 30 in Poznan, Poland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-797440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}