Canada’s Sophia Jensen secured her first-ever world title on Saturday at the 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships held in Poznań, Poland. The 24-year-old athlete hailing from Chelsea, Que., clinched the gold medal in the women’s C1 500-meter final with a time of 2 minutes and 0.78 seconds. Agnes Anna Kiss from Hungary claimed the silver medal with a time of 2:02.80, while Belarusian Alena Nazdrova took home the bronze with a time of 2:04.80.
Notably, Jensen wasn’t the sole Canadian to achieve success that day. Brianna Hennessy from Ottawa secured a bronze medal in the KL1 women’s 200m final, crossing the finish line in 54.20 seconds. The gold in this event was claimed by Chilean Paralympic champion Katherinne Wollermann with a time of 52.23 seconds, followed by China’s Maosan Xie who secured the silver medal with a time of 53.92 seconds.
