Three World Championships, three steps forward. Matevž Manfreda and Anže Pikon have taken Slovenian canoe sprint into new territory in Poznań, securing the country’s first-ever place in a senior World Championship Final A in the Men’s K2 500m, today in the World Championships.
The city where Fernando Pimenta won the first senior World Championship medal of his career could now become the place where the Portuguese paddler rewrites the record books. Sixteen years after his first podium in Poznań, Pimenta enters a weekend in which four historic milestones are within reach
Martin Fuksa has added another milestone to an already extraordinary career, equalling the all-time record for World Championship medals in the Men’s C1 1000m after a dramatic finish in Poznań.
Two days of heats and semifinals have narrowed the field at the 2026 Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships in Poznań, and the first picture emerging from Poland is a familiar one: Europe will have a major say when the medals begin to be decided on Friday.
The 2026 Paddle Europe Ocean Racing Championships are ready to move from preparation to competition, with the first European titles set to be decided in Brest, France, later this week.