We got off to a good start, with Hungary taking two gold medals on Saturday (Blanka Kiss, double of Anna Luke and Balint Kobaš) and two bronze medals (Giada Bragato and Bianca Nagy in the 200 and 500).
Sunday It turns out that this was just a warm-up for us from then on After the K–1 1000 m race, Balint Kobaš also won gold in the 500 m with Bence Nadas, Emes Kohalmi defended her marathon title, and alongside them Eszter Rindisi, Anna Lucz, Cizmadia Kolos, Noe Balint and Tamas Kulevai won silver. Kayak duo and Bragato The canoeing quartet of Giada, Bala Viraj, Takac Kenxo and Bianca Nagy won a bronze medal.
All this means that the Hungarian team won four gold, one silver and six bronze medals in Canada, thus finishing second in the table.
Interestingly, in the Kőhalmi Emese number, he finally starts in Finnish colours Sarah Mihalak He also won a medal – he received the bronze at the end of a long wait.
World Canoeing Championships (Canada) – Medal Table
place | nation | rate | silver | Bronze | medal |
1. | Spain | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
2. | Hungary | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
3. | Poland | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
4. | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
5. | Germany | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
6. | Australia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
7. | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
8. | New Zealand | 2 | – | – | 2 |
9. | China | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
10. | Brazil | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
Cuba | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | |
Romania | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | |
Sweden | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
(Cover photo: Balint Kobaš signing autographs after receiving his second gold medal in Canada – Photo: László Borbély/Index)