The World Junior Championships in Sprint was held in Bulgaria, but the stars came from Hungary and Canada.
Sophia Jensen of Canada won three events: the C-1/200 m, the C-1/500 m and teamed with Julia Lilley Osende to take the C-2/500 m for the best individual performance of the championships.
The best on the men’s side was Benedek Kos of Hungary, who won the K-1/500 m and the K-1/1,000 m races. The Hungarians had a sensational meet, winning five events on the final day and seven overall. Russia won four Junior titles.
The ICF World U-23 Championships were held at the same time; use the link below to access those results. Junior summaries:
ICF World Junior Championships
Plovdiv (BUL) ~ 26-29 July 2018.
(Full results here)
Men
C-1/200 m: 1. Nikita Nekrasov (RUS), 39.767; 2. Anuar Akchurin (KAZ), 40.093; 3. Fabien Schatz (GER), 40.190.
C-1/1,000 m: 1. Dzianis Patapenka (BLR), 4:25.077; 2. Kozhakhmet Altynbek (KAZ), 4:25.412; 3. Roar Benecke (GER), 4:25.558.
C-2/1,000 m: 1. Sergei Nemov/Kirill Romanov (RUS), 3:53.872; 2. Orestes Jose Gutierrez/Jose Pelier (CUB), 3:54.551; 3. Jiri Minarik/Jiri Salubil (CZE), 3:55.118.
C-4/500 m: 1. Russia, 1:32.235; 2. Ukraine, 1:32.760; 3. Germany, 1:33.518.
K-1/200 m: 1. Bartosz Grabowski (POL), 35.260; 2. Matus Jedinak (SVK), 35.613; 3. Tom Maassen (GER), 35.701.
K-1/500 m: 1. Benedek Kos (HUN), 1:35.920; 2. Rasmus Knudsen (DEN), 1:36.440; 3. Bojan Zdelar (SRB), 1:38.159.
K-1/1,000 m: 1. Kos (HUN), 3:56.901; 2. Martin Hiller (GER), 3:58.593; 3. Anton Novak (BLR), 4:00.383.
K-2/1,000 m: 1. Kiryl Smalianik/ Uladzislau Litvinau (BLR), 3:30.856; 2. Vilem Kukacka/Jan Vorel (CZE), 3:31.206; 3. David Darne Palmada/Xoel Garcia (ESP), 3:32.700.
K-4/500 m: 1. Hungary, 1:21.055; 2. Germany, 1:21.232; 3. Russia, 1:22.363.
Women
C-1/200 m: 1. Sophia Jensen (CAN), 46.873; 2. Bianka Nagy (HUN), 47.649; 3. Lucia Valova (SVK), 48.377.
C-1/500 m: 1. Jensen (CAN), 2:19.006; 2. Csenge Molnar (HUN), 2:22.761; 3. Olga Aleksandrova (RUS), 2:23.162.
C-2/200 m: 1. Laura Ruiz/Flore Caupain (FRA), 46.115; 2. Lina-Marie Bielicke/Annette Wehrmann (GER), 46.150; 3. Maria Olarasu/Daniela Cociu (MDA), 46.250.
C-2/500 m: 1. Sophia Jensen/Julia Lilley Osende (CAN), 1:58.306; 2. Qi Li/Wei Li (CHN), 1:58.997; 3. Bianka Nagy/Csenge Molnar (HUN), 2:00.199.
C-4/500 m: 1. Russia, 1:32.225; 2. Ukraine, 1:32.760; 3. Germany, 1:33.518.
K-1/200 m: 1. Alida Dora Gazso (HUN), 40.548; 2. Ina Sauchuk (BLR), 40.623; 3. Irene Bellan (ITA), 40.864.
K-1/500 m: 1. Eszter Rendessy (HUN), 1:49.735; 2. Sauchuk (BLR), 1:51.375; 3. Emma Russell (GBR), 1:51.814.
K-1/1,000 m: 1. Maria Rei (POR), 4:15.603; 2. Olga Bako (HUN), 4:16.903; 3. Alina Neumiarzhytskaya (BLR), 4;17.146.
K-2/500 m: 1. Karina Biben/Olga Bako (HUN), 1:39.776; 2. Anastasiia Dolgova/Victoria Krupnova (RUS), 1:41.974; 3. Stepanka Sobiskoba/Barbora Galadova (CZE), 1:42.506.
K-4/500 m: 1. Hungary, 1:36.497; 2. Germany, 1:38.497; 3. Russia, 1:38.664.