Russell Top Brit on Day Three of Marathon World Champs

The Great Britain team put down some more solid performances on day three of the 2025 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Hungary.

European K1 longcourse champion James Russell was unable to add a world medal in a fast-paced senior men’s K1 final won by Mads Pedersen, but recorded the day’s best finish for GB in sixth.

Russell lined up alongside team-mate Matt Johnson in a huge 44-man field, and after a predictably hectic start, both manoeuvred themselves into the front group before Russell got into an early breakaway group of eight.

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