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The opening day of finals at the second ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup delivered six A finals with European nations once again heavily involved across the podiums.

Germany emerged as the strongest nation of the day with two gold medals, while Hungary, Czechia, Spain and Italy also secured podium finishes. Non-European crews from China, Australia and Uzbekistan also featured prominently in the medal standings.

Medal Table – Day 1 A Finals

Germany

• Gold – K4 Men 500m
  Max Rendschmidt, Max Lemke, Jacob Schopf, Tom Liebscher-Lucz
• Gold – K1 Women 1000m
  Caroline Heuser
• Bronze – K4 Women 500m
  Paulina Paszek, Nele Reinwardt, Pauline Jagsch, Jule Hake

Spain

• Silver – K4 Women 500m
  Sara Ouzande, Lucia Val, Daniela Garcia Heredia, Estefania Fernandez
• Bronze – C2 Women 500m
  Angels Moreno, Viktoria Yarchevska
• Silver – C1 Men 200m
  Pablo Grana

Hungary

• Silver – K4 Men 500m
  Bence Nadas, Bence Fodor, Levente Kurucz, Sandor Totka
• Gold – C2 Women 500m
  Agnes Anna Kiss, Bianka Nagy

Czechia

• Gold – C1 Men 1000m
  Martin Fuksa

Italy

• Bronze – K1 Women 1000m
  Lucrezia Zironi

The results again underlined Europe’s depth across sprint canoe and kayak disciplines, particularly in crew boat events, where European nations collected seven medals from the six A finals completed on the opening finals day.

With several Olympic-class events still to come, Saturday’s programme promises another high-level battle between Europe’s traditional sprint powerhouses and emerging international contenders. The second finals day in Brandenburg is expected to deliver some of the strongest racing of the season so far, particularly in the individual kayak events and paracanoe debut races of the 2026 World Cup campaign.