Overview

• Portugal won men's K4 500 m gold ahead of Hungary and Spain, with Germany finishing 0.24 seconds off the podium.
• The German quartet featured Max Rendschmidt, Anton Winkelmann, Jacob Schopf and Max Lemke after Winkelmann replaced Tom Liebscher-Lucz this season.
• Germany’s form wobbled throughout the event, placing fifth in the heat and second in the semifinal before taking fourth in the final.
• The women's K4 missed the A final by 0.20 seconds and later finished second in the B final as Spain claimed the women's world title.
• Attention shifts to the K2 500 m after Jacob Schopf and Max Lemke won their semifinal to reach Sunday’s final, while Jakob Thordsen won the K1 1000 m B final and David Bauschke took seventh in the C1 1000 m.