Golden Glory For Chippington As She Takes Another World Title

The opening day of the 2026 World Canoe Marathon Championships in Argentina saw Jeanette Chippington (Bisham Abbey) take gold in the KL1 Women Paracanoe category in a time of 00:48:06. This sees Chippington retain her title that she achieved in 2025, showing her true dominance in paracanoe racing in both canoe sprint and canoe marathon.

Reflecting on her win, Jeanette said: “It was a pretty tough race actually. It was choppy out there. It was windy. The first lap was hard but I managed to find some sheltered bits and I was able to dig in harder. I am so pleased and so proud of myself to have retained my World Championship title.”

“It’s fantastic [here]. The Argentinians have been so friendly and so helpful. The competition has been so well run and they just can’t do enough or more to help you. Big thank you to all the organisers. We had the opening ceremony last night and the whole street was just packed with people watching. It was just a carnival atmosphere.”

“I love racing. I love paddling. My background has been sprint and I just wanted to take on a new challenge [with marathon]. [I would advise aspiring paddlers to] join your local canoe club and enter some Haslers.. and just get out on the river as much as you can and always try to challenge yourself.”

Jeanette will compete again on Friday when she takes on the VL2 Women race as she seeks to retain her world title there too.