2025 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Men's VL1

Men's VL1 at the 2025 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
Venue	Idroscalo Regatta Course
Location	Milan, Italy
Dates	20–23 August
Competitors	14 from 12 nations
Winning time	58.86
Medalists
Ilya Taupianets    Individual Neutral Athletes   Benjamin Sainsbury    Australia   Artur Chuprov    Individual Neutral Athletes
←  2024

The men's VL1 200 metres competition at the 2025 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan took place in Idroscalo Regatta Course. ^[1]

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 20 August 2025	15:38	Heats
Friday 22 August 2025	09:00	Semifinals
	15:52	Final

Results

Heats

The fastest three boats in each heat advanced directly to the final (QF). The next four fastest boats in each heat, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the semifinal (QS). ^{[2] [3]}

Heat 1

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ilya Taupianets	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:02.57	QF
2	Moritz Berthold	Germany	1:03.47	QF
3	David González	Spain	1:07.73	QF
4	Yash Kumar	India	1:09.87	QS
5	Maxim Bogatyrev	Kazakhstan	1:12.27	QS
6	Thomas Price	Great Britain	1:14.98	QS
7	Katsuya Shimono	Japan	1:20.45	QS

Heat 2

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Artur Chuprov	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:00.43	QF
2	Benjamin Sainsbury	Australia	1:00.52	QF
3	Carlos Glenndel Moreira	Brazil	1:04.68	QF
4	Yuta Takagi	Japan	1:04.73	QS
5	Alessio Bedin	Italy	1:11.68	QS
6	Corentin Denys	France	1:12.39	QS
7	Manish Yadav	India	1:21.21	QS

Semifinal

The fastest three boats advanced to the final. ^[4]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
1	Yuta Takagi	Japan	1:07.82	QF
2	Thomas Price	Great Britain	1:11.62	QF
3	Maxim Bogatyrev	Kazakhstan	1:12.41	QF
4	Alessio Bedin	Italy	1:12.63
5	Corentin Denys	France	1:13.29
6	Yash Kumar	India	1:14.85
7	Manish Yadav	India	1:16.50
8	Katsuya Shimono	Japan	1:16.61

Final

Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three. ^[5]

Rank	Canoeist	Country	Time	Notes
	Ilya Taupianets	Individual Neutral Athletes	58.86
	Benjamin Sainsbury	Australia	1:01.79
	Artur Chuprov	Individual Neutral Athletes	1:01.86
4	Moritz Berthold	Germany	1:04.58
5	Yuta Takagi	Japan	1:04.70
6	Carlos Glenndel Moreira	Brazil	1:05.19
7	David González	Spain	1:10.36
8	Thomas Price	Great Britain	1:12.07
9	Maxim Bogatyrev	Kazakhstan	1:13.38

References

1. "Timetable" (PDF). ICF. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
2. "VL1 Men 200m - 1st Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
3. "VL1 Men 200m - 2nd Heat" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
4. "VL1 Men 200m - Semifinal 1" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
5. "VL1 Men 200m - Final A" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.