Poland’s kayak duo of Karolina Naja and Anna Puławska took the gold in the women's K2 500 m event, while Dorota Borowska added another in the women’s C1 200 m on home waters near the southern city of Kraków.
On Thursday, Poland's Naja, Puławska, Adrianna Kąkol and Dominika Putto claimed the gold in the women's K4 500m, while Norman Zezula and Aleksander Kitewski won the bronze in the men's canoe double 500m.
A total of 370 Polish athletes, 188 men and 182 women, are vying for medals at the 3rd European Games, which opened in Poland's Kraków on Wednesday and run until July 2.
Poland has so far won 10 medals at the continental multi-sport event, five gold, two silver and three bronze.
The 2023 European Games feature 12 days of competition in 29 sports and provide opportunities to win European championship medals and a pathway to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games in some of the sports.
Polish Sports Minister Kamil Bortniczuk has said that Poland is aiming to top the medals table of the Games.
"We set ourselves ambitious goals," Bortniczuk said. "We hope to finish top of the medal standings."
More than 7,000 athletes from 48 countries have flocked to Poland to compete in the event, which is taking place at 25 venues in 13 southern Polish cities.
Poland won 14 medals, three gold, one silver and 10 bronze, at the 2nd European Games in Minsk, Belarus in 2019.
Team Poland scooped 20 medals, two gold, eight silver and 10 bronze, at the 1st European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, in 2015.
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Source: PAP, TVP Sport, polskieradio24.pl, european-games.org