Dave Phillipson claimed a first-ever ICF World Cup gold on the final day of action in Poznan as Great Britain finished third in the medal table.
The 36-year-old was one of five British medallists as the action came to a close in Poland, while Jon Tarrant recorded a best-ever finish.
Also on the podium were Hope Gordon and Charlotte Henshaw in the women’s VL3, Beth Gill in the women’s C1 5000m and Emma Russell in the women’s K1 5000m.
Phillipson made a fast start in the men’s KL2 200m final and was able to hold off a charging Mykola Syniuk of Ukraine to take the win.
The Paris Olympic silver medallist topped the podium for the first time with a time of 44.21, just 0.07 seconds quicker than Syniuk.
“There was a real crosswind,” Phillipson said. “But overall, it was really good, I am not at my fittest, but I came away with a gold and that is amazing.”
Hope Gordon triumphed in the women’s VL3 200m to see compatriot Charlotte Henshaw suffer a rare loss.
Gordon delivered a gutsy race after a delay to the start and took the win in a time of 58.49, with Henshaw 0.77 seconds back in silver.
Gordon said: “There was a little bit of extra pressure with the mess-up at the start, just to add to the excitement.
“It was a good race, we both know we are not quite at our very best right now, but it is nice to know that with what we have done, we are still very much up there. It’s exciting.”
It means both Gordon and Henshaw leave Poznan with two medals each after claiming bronze and gold respectively, on Saturday.
Henshaw added: “As Hope said, neither of us have been particularly in the va’a very much but it is a process.
“It is a long, old cycle to LA, and if we want to be able to keep continuing to double up, we’ve got to be smart with how we train.
“Both of us have strung better races together than that, I think it is encouraging, particularly for our squad that we are still up there on the top two steps of the podium, and it is really promising to build from.”
The final paracanoe action of the weekend saw Jon Tarrant finish just outside the medals with fifth in the men’s KL3 200m, which marks his highest finish in a World Cup.
Bethany Gill stormed to silver in the women’s C1 5000m final, having worked herself into second early on.
Eventual bronze medallist Valeriia Tereta of Ukraine pushed her all the way, but Gill held on for silver in a time of 26:06:25.
Gill said: “I was definitely a little bit nervous on the start, I took the first turn well and then it was for me just finding my rhythm, staying relaxed, which a very good paddler told me to do last week, and then just enjoy it.”
Emma Russell followed her onto the podium in the next race as she survived a hectic women’s K1 5000m final, with Russell keeping a calm head to come home in third in a time of 23:44.47.
“It was really hard work,” Russell said. ” I didn’t get the best of starts, I was hoping to get into the front group.
“But as we went round, I was just picking away at people and trying to keep my portages really clean and close round the turn buoys to make up some time and fighting the whole way round.”
In the women’s K2 500m, Zoe Clark and Kristina Armstrong came home in third in the women’s K2 500m B final in a time of 1:48.43, with Emily Lewis and Emma Russell in ninth.
Sunday’s action kicked off with Thomas Lusty finishing second in the men’s K1 500m C final, with compatriot Philip Miles behind him in sixth.