C-4, women, 500 m

What to remember

China's four-woman canoe of Li Shuqi, Yang Li, Sun Mengya and Ma Yanan covered 500 m in 1 min 44.65 s on 10 May 2026, at a World Cup round in Szeged, Hungary.

Canoe sprint has no official world records, only world best times kept by the ICF. A time counts only if it comes from a final, and a World Cup final such as this one in Szeged qualifies, as do Olympic, world and continental finals or other races judged strong enough.

Sun Mengya brought Olympic pedigree to the crew: with her teammate Xu Shixiao she won gold in the women's C-2 500 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and again at the 2024 Games in Paris.