Overview

• Ricarda Funk finished fourth in the kayak final in Penrith, missing bronze by 0.39 seconds as Zwolinska won ahead of Kimberley Woods and Kate Eckhardt.
• Elena Lilik placed 15th and Andrea Herzog 13th in the canoe semifinals after two gate touches each added four penalty seconds, leaving both outside the top-12 cutoff.
• German head coach Klaus Pohlen said gusty, variable wind made controlled runs difficult and described one of Herzog’s penalties as “more than doubtful.”
• Lennard Tuscherer delivered Germany’s only final appearance, qualifying second from the semifinal before taking eighth in the men’s decider.
• France’s Nicolas Gestin captured the men’s world title, with Ryan Westlay second and Australia’s Kaylen Bassett third.