GB's Clarke wins fourth kayak cross world title

Great Britain's Joe Clarke said he was "stuck for words" aft claiming a 4th consecutive kayak transverse world title successful Australia.

The 32-year-old took clip retired of nan athletics aft finishing pinch a silver badge astatine nan 2024 Olympic Games successful Paris.

He missed nan early portion of nan play pursuing nan commencement of his 2nd kid and says he struggled to "find his feet" successful nan consequent World Cup events.

Clarke won silver successful nan men's individual clip tests and bronze successful nan squad kayak earlier successful nan Canoe Slalom World Championships successful Sydney, but showed his people successful nan kayak cross, continuing his singular tally aft winning nan 3 erstwhile editions of nan event.

"It was a dream to travel present to clasp that title aft getting metallic successful nan Games past year," said Clarke, who vanished good clear of France's Mathurin Madore successful 2nd spot and Czech canoeist Matyas Novak successful third.

"To compete connected nan biggest shape astatine nan Olympics is monolithic but past I really took immoderate clip disconnected afterwards, truthful I've been moving towards this.

"I person benignant of been uncovering my feet nan 2nd half of nan season, but it seems for illustration I recovered them now.

"I came coming pinch a constituent to beryllium and I deliberation I've done that. To return a 4th world title, I'm stuck for words."