C-1, women, 500 m

What to remember

Szeged, Hungary, hosted a World Cup round on 9 May 2026. China's Sun Mengya covered the 500 m there in a single canoe in 1 min 59.00 s, the world best time for the event.

The International Canoe Federation does not ratify world records in canoe sprint, only world best times, and only when they are set in the final of a high-level competition: Olympic Games, world or continental championships, World Cups.

In the double canoe, with teammate Xu Shixiao, Sun Mengya won Olympic gold in the C-2 500 m in Tokyo and again in Paris. Born in Taierzhuang District, in Shandong Province, she joined the kayak team of the Zaozhuang Sports School in 2015.