The K4 of 500 meters in speed canoeing continues to generate hope for Spanish sport. The boat of Carlos Arévalo, Rodrigo Germade, Saúl Craviotto and Marcus Cooper Walz has prevailed in the second series of the European Games in Krakow to secure a place in the final to be held this Friday. The Spanish boat went from less to more and, after passing second in the first 250 meters, He managed to come back to prevail in his series with a time of 1:20.713, beating the boats from Latvia and Lithuania, who also got their ticket to the final as second and third.
The Spanish delegation thus valued the pass to the final, although they admit that the main objective is the World Cup in August. “It was a day to enter the competition, to make contact. The sensations have been very good and we have to keep fighting to keep it that way. This is an important championship but we are taking it as a stepping point to measure our level and test the work that we are doing it without losing sight of the main goal, which is the world championship in Augustwhich is the one that gives us the place for Paris”.
However, Arévalo, Germade, Craviotto and Walz hope to shine in the final on Friday before facing the demanding World Cup event. “The sensations have been very good and although it was not a final we wanted to bring out our potential to test the track and try to be as prepared as possible for the final on Friday. The objective of the final is to always win. We come to measure ourselves with the rest and we reach one hundred percent. We will go to win and we will not give our rivals any rest”.
The C2 500 do not fail either
The good news for national canoeing in Krakow did not end with the K4. Neither the male nor the female C2 500 failed. the couple of Antía Jácome and María Corbera they went directly to the final after being first in their series, ahead of Ukraine and Germany, with 1:58.285. In the male series, Pablo Martinez and Cayetano Garcia they finished second behind Italy, with a mark of 1:40.427. This place guarantees them a direct pass to the final.
Artistic swimming, with canoeing
The artistic swimming duo made up of Alisa Ozhogina and Iris Tió, qualified for the Free Duet final. The Spanish women, who made their debut in the preliminary round in seventh place, achieved fourth place and, with it, qualified for the final., after a fantastic performance for which they earned 210,2000 points. Ahead of them were couples from Austria, Ukraine and Israel. On Saturday June 24, starting at 5:00 p.m., the final will take place. By teams, Spain also added joys. Also, in a big way, being first in the free routine classification. With 303.28 points, they finished ahead of Italy and Ukraine.
Teresa Fernández, yes; Pol Diaz, no.
Teresa Fernández-Miranda earned her pass to the final of the BMX freestyle cycling event after finishing seventh in the qualifying round. The Valladolid was the 14th to jump to compete, obtaining 57.00 points in the first round. A score that placed her seventh in the provisional classification. In the second round, despite being sixth, with 53.33, she could not move upbut he did guarantee his pass to the final this Thursday, which will take place at 3:00 p.m.
“It had been a while since I competed and I felt a little insecure, but today in practice I felt more comfortable and it was when I started my rounds that I focused, and the truth is that I have given the maximum ”, he said after the test. “All the girls have enough facility to be able to train, we here in Spain don’t have much. I think it’s going to be a little more difficult than last year, because the girls are gaining level, but I’ll try to do my bestI will try to go outside to train and we will see, ”he added.
In the men’s category, Pol Díaz was scheduled to take his test from 1:45 p.m., but weather conditions forced the competition to be postponed until 3:25 p.m. The Spaniard scored 57.33 points in the first round and 58.00 in the second, closing his turn with an average of 57.66 points.ultimately insufficient.