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European athletes delivered another strong performance on the penultimate day of finals at the 2026 ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup in Montreal, adding 24 more medals across sprint and paracanoe events.

After collecting 12 medals on the opening day of finals, Europe increased its overall presence on the podium with 9 gold, 6 silver and 9 bronze medals on today’s programme. Across the 13 finals contested, European nations won 24 of the 39 medals available, representing more than 60% of all podium places.

One of the strongest European performances of the day came in paracanoe, where Great Britain led the way with a series of standout results. Charlotte Henshaw claimed victory in the KL2 Women 200m, ahead of teammate Emma Wiggs, while Anja Adler of Germany completed an all-European podium. Hope Gordon added another British gold in the KL3 Women 200m, with France’s Nelia Barbosa taking silver and Germany’s Felicia Laberer bronze.

The British team also reached the podium twice in the VL3 Men 200m, with Stuart Wood and Jack Eyers finishing second and third behind Brazil’s Giovane Paula. Hungary also continued its strong paracanoe tradition, with Peter Kiss winning the KL1 Men 200m ahead of France’s Rémy Boulle and Hungary’s Robert Suba. Suba later added another bronze medal in the VL2 Men 200m.

In sprint, Portugal celebrated a major victory through Fernando Pimenta, who won the K1 Men 1000m in 3:35.603. After his strong European Championships in Montemor-o-Velho, Pimenta once again showed his quality on the world stage, finishing ahead of Australia’s Thomas Green and Czechia’s Josef Dostál.

There was also a rare shared victory in the K1 Men 200m, with Serbia’s Marko Dragosavljević and Italy’s Andrea Di Liberto both taking gold in 35.787 seconds. Lithuania’s Artūras Seja completed another all-European podium with bronze.

Germany and Poland also delivered important results in the women’s K1 500m. Pauline Jagsch claimed gold for Germany, with Anna Puławska of Poland taking silver and Australia’s Natalia Drobot finishing third.

Spain added another European gold in the women’s C2 200m, with Angels Moreno and Viktoria Yarchevska taking victory ahead of two Chinese crews. Hungary closed the day with another title in the C4 Men 500m, where Kristof Kollar, Jonatan Hajdu, Istvan Juhasz and Daniel Fejes won gold ahead of Brazil and Canada.

European athletes also reached the podium in the C1 events. In the C1 Men 500m, Serghei Tarnovschi of Moldova won silver and Stefanos Dimopoulos of Greece took bronze behind China’s Bowen Ji. In the C1 Women 500m, Olympia Della Giustina of Italy added another bronze medal for Europe.

After two days of finals in Montreal, European nations have now won 36 medals from 60 available, combining the results from sprint and paracanoe.