The 23-year-old Hungarian, who in 2019 secured the K1 1,000m world title and European Games gold at both 500 and 1,000m, won gold in 1min 40.831sec, finishing 1.307sec clear of Portugal’s Joao Ribeiro.

Jakub Zavrel of the Czech Republic took bronze.

There was another Hungarian gold in the K2 women's 1000m, where Tamara Csipes and Erika Medveczky clocked 3:40.532, with silver going to Laia Pelachs and Begona Lazkano of Spain in 3:45.961.

Poland’s Martyna Klatt and Sandra Ostrowska took bronze.

The K4 men's 1,000m title went to Belarus in 3:02.023 by just 0.673sec from Hungary, with Russia beating Serbia to bronze.

Liudmila Luzan of Ukraine took gold in the C1 women's 500m final in 2:07.235, well clear of silver medallist Virag Balla of Hungary, who was 6.097sec slower.

Alena Nazdrova of Belarus took bronze.

Russia claimed the C2 men's 500m title as Viktor Melantev and Vladislav Chebotar clocked 1:44.915, with Germany’s Sebastian Brendel and Tim Hecker second, just 0.074sec behind, and Ukraine’s Vitaly Vergeles and Andrii Rybachok taking bronze.

In an event doubling as the European Paracanoe Championships, Artur Chuprov of Russia won the VL1 men's 200m title in 1:01.820, while in the women’s version of that event Germany’s Lillemor Koeper held off her compatriot Esther Bode for gold.

The VL2 women's 200m was won by Russia’s Maria Nikiforova in 1:00.465, more than three seconds clear of silver medallist Katharina Bauernschmidt, with Italy’s Veronica Biglia taking bronze.

Norberto Mourao of Portugal won the VL2 men's 200m in 53.457sec, just over a second clear of Hignio Rivero of Spain, and with Hungary’s Robert Suba claiming bronze.

In the VL3 200m races, the women’s title went to Nataliia Lahutenko of Ukraine in 1:01.137, just 0.030sec ahead of Russia’s Larisa Volik, with Germany’s Annette Kummer taking bronze.

Men’s gold went to Ireland’s Patrick O’Leary with 50.308, with Spain’s Adrian Mosquera a tenth of a second behind and France’s Eddie Potdevin earning bronze.