Home favourite Isabel Lowry delivered another memorable moment for the Canadian fans on a thrilling final day of the International Canoe Federation Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships. 

Cheered on by the Halifax crowd, Lowry successfully defended her women’s junior canoe single 200m title. 

But it was Hungary’s day, winning four gold medals across the canoe and kayak double events. 

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There were also world titles for Poland, Portugal and Ukraine in the Olympic events. 

Lowry opened the day's racing in spectacular fashion, edging out Ukraine's Yelyzaveta Vozniuk to retain her title in the women's junior C1 200m.  

The Canadian crossed the line in 46.68, just 0.10 seconds ahead of Vozniuk in 46.78, with Brazil's Lorrane Souza taking bronze in 47.22. 

“It’s a surreal feeling to stand on the podium, and to do it again was even better,” said Lowry.  

“It was amazing last year, but to do it in front of a home crowd, I’m just really blessed to be here. 

“The last 100 metres was just pure adrenaline; I was really just trying to hold on. 

“I had a good start, but the wind picked up and I thought – just keep going. 

“I held it together so I’m really happy about that. 

“When I saw that I won it was just a feeling of relief, I really thought Vozniuk got me. 

“My teammates told me on the sidelines that I won, so it was great to find out that way.” 

Hungary's medal haul began in the men's junior canoe double 500m, where Zsolt Peter and David Barna powered to victory in 1:42.82, comfortably ahead of Spain's Alberto Ruiz and Alejandro Perez in 1:45.66.  

“We feel great to win,” said Barna.  

“The wind was very strong, but we had a good race, and we managed to win by a good distance, so it’s great.”  

Ukraine's Timofii Melnychuk and Ivan Kysil claimed bronze in 1:45.68. 

Hungary's success continued in the men's U23 C2 500m as Milan Meszaros and Iliasz Mitropoulos mastered difficult conditions to take gold in 1:40.02. 

“It was a very difficult race for us. The wind meant we had to do a lot of steering,” said Mitropoulos.  

Meszaros added: “We managed to manoeuvre through the race well, so we are very happy.  

“It’s great to take another medal for Hungary, it’s amazing that we have so many great paddlers.”  

China's Liu Ding and Qingshan Yu finished second in 1:40.71, while Spain's Raul Fernandez and Pedro Torrado earned bronze in 1:41.11. 

Bianka Hofer and Vivien Lesko then delivered Hungary's third title of the day in the women's junior kayak double 500m, producing a strong finish to overhaul Germany and win in 1:44.08.  

“It’s wonderful to be world champions,” said Hofer.  

“It’s hard to imagine, it was such a big dream for me, and I’m here and I’m so happy. 

“All the races have been good for Hungary, we have won a lot of golds and silvers. 

“It means a lot to us to represent Hungary on the world stage.” 

Germany's Levke Uhlmann and Marie Freisinger settled for silver in 1:44.75 after leading early, while Czechia's Simona Fischerova and Rozarie Pospisilova took bronze in 1:45.57. 

Hungary added their fourth and final gold in the double boat with victory in the men's U23 K2 500m, as Peter Samu and Zalan Hidvegi finished in 1:29.57. 

“It’s a great feeling to be world champion, to be honest we didn’t expect a race like this,” said Hidvegi.  

“We came in strong, we did our job, so we are very happy. 

“We are also so grateful for everyone’s support, it’s been crazy here.” 

Samu said: “We are one of the strongest nations in the world, so we have worked really had to compete here, we are so proud to be Hungarian.”  

Germany’s Leon Reckzeh and Jonas Borkowski finished second in 1:29.90, while Slovenia's Matevz Manfreda and Anze Pikon secured bronze in 1:30.30. 

In the women’s U23 C1 200m, Ukraine’s Iryna Fedoriv powered to the world title in 45.26.  

“I’m very proud to be here at the World Championships,” said Fedoriv.  

“I’m so proud to be Ukrainian. 

“I really like racing the 200m, it was great to race it with these girls too. It’s amazing to be in Canada to represent my country.”  

Home paddler Elizabeth Mcarthur secured silver in 46.13, as Moldova’s Elena Glizan rounded off the podium in 47.35. 

Portugal earned men's junior K2 500m gold, with Jose Matos and Martim Conceicao taking the title in 1:31.54.  

The pair narrowly missed the podium at last year's home World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho, placing fourth.  

Slovakia's Jakub Bartolcic and Alex Gavlider finished second in 1:31.73, while Spain's Davis Cosmos and Diego Feijoo claimed bronze in 1:31.99. 

The final gold medal of the session went to Poland in the women's U23 K2 500m. 

Weronika Marczewska and Martyna Jaskolska edged Germany in a thrilling finish, winning in 1:45.51. 

Germany's Chelsea-Lynn Roussiekan and Estella Damm were just 0.09 seconds behind in second, with China's Hankun Wang and Yuexin Zhou taking bronze in 1:46.15. 

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