Fruzsina Nagy Viktoria secured their first success of the Championships, clocking a time of 1 hour 35min 16sec in the women’s K1 junior competition, with her team-mate Zsofia Balogh ending 24 seconds down to win the silver medal.

The podium was completed by home favourite Nora Rey, who finished in 1:39:13.

There was also a Hungarian one-two in the under-23 competition as Vanda Kiszli and Noemi Misko achieved times of 1:49:10 and 1:49:30 respectively.

Demark’s Emilie Rosenkilde narrowly missed out on earning the silver medal, finishing just two seconds adrift of Misko.

Bendeguz Bazsonyi Balint completed Hungary’s clean sweep of the junior K-1 competitions as he triumphed in the men’s event in a time of 1:42:26.

Portugal’s Luis Ferreira and Germany’s Nico Paufler earned the silver and bronze medals by achieving times of 1:42:31 and 1:42:37 respectively. 

Further Hungarian gold was secured by Panna Palfia as she triumphed in the women’s C-1 junior competition by crossing the finish line in 1:32:27.

Germany’s Julia Dunkel clinched the silver medal in 1:34:43 and Spain's Lara Outon ended 4:56 down on the winner in third place.

Portugal's Sergio Maciel, ended Hungary’s run of gold medal, winning the men’s C-1 junior race in 1:35:37.

The podium, however, still contained two Hungarians as Sebestyen Simon and Balazs Adlof finished in 1:35:57 and 1:36:03 respectively.

More than 200 athletes are competing at the Championships with the junior competitions set to conclude tomorrow.

Senior events will begin on Saturday (July 2) and will draw to a close the following day.