Kos and Jensen star at World Sprint Juniors

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.