Jessica Fox's run of three consecutive C1 world titles has come to an end after the Australian was penalised six seconds to finish sixth in the women's C1 final, one spot behind countrywoman Ros Lawrence.
Lawrence was also hit with a two-second penalty.
"I never thought I was unbeatable, I knew these worlds would be hard," Fox said.
"Although I've had a fantastic World Cup season, it does come down to that final run.
"It started really well, and then I got a touch on 11, and then 12, and that kind of rattled me a bit. I tried to push the lines a bit to go a bit faster, but that doesn't always work, you kind of get into trouble by doing that."
Mallory Franklin of Great Britain won gold, finishing more than four seconds clear of Tereza Fiserova of the Czech Republic.
"I'm pretty gutted, but the girls paddled extremely well, Mallory really deserved that title, she was amazing today," Fox said.
"Generally I try to always use the pressure, because you can't really avoid it. I think what happened today, I just let the touch get to me and I didn't keep it together after that."
Delfour was hit with a massive 50-second penalty that left him languishing in eighth in the men's K1.
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