Serbian kayakers won one medal at the ICF Junior and U23 Sprint Canoe World Championships in Halifax, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The junior women’s K4 crew of \u017dofi Horvat, Andrea Vuka\u0161inovi\u0107, Anja Loknar, and Kaja Sari\u0107 won the bronze medal in the K4 500-meter event. The Serbian team crossed the finish line in 1:44.26, behind Hungary (1:41.51) and Germany (1:43.09), securing Serbia’s first medal at this year’s World Championships. With this result, the Serbian juniors repeated last year’s success from the World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal, where they also claimed bronze in the same event, confirming the continuity of their top-level performances on the world stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u017dofi Horvat and Kaja Sari\u0107 finished fourth in the A final of the junior women’s K2 500 m event. The Serbian crew completed the race in 1:45.65, missing out on the bronze medal by just 0.08 seconds. With this result, Horvat and Sari\u0107 repeated their placing from last year’s World Championships in Portugal, where they also finished fourth in the same event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Serbian U23 men’s K4 crew of Veljko Vje\u0161tica, Ognjen Kramer, Vuk Kramer, and Strahinja Dragosavljevi\u0107 finished fourth in the A final of the K4 500-meter event with a time of 1:28.21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Strahinja Dragosavljevi\u0107, the reigning 2025 world champion in the K1 200 m event, finished fifth in the A final. He completed the race in 36.82 seconds, missing the bronze medal by just 0.08 seconds. Although he was unable to defend last year’s title, he once again confirmed that he belongs among the world’s elite in the U23 category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n