Canoeist Fernando Pimenta suggested on Sunday that the possibility of becoming the only Portuguese athlete to win three Olympic medals is an additional motivation to the huge one he already has for Paris 2024.
“Obviously, I have that opinion too. In the end, it turns into a small mistake, which drags me down even more. I hope that everything will go for the better, that I won’t have the same luck as in Rio 2016, where, unfortunately, due to external factors [algas no leme] Now I could fight for a fourth medal, not a third. It’s happening step by step. I’m focused on what I need to do,” he stressed.
Leaving for the French capital, at Francisco Sá Carneiro airport, Limiano, bronze medalist in Tokyo 2020 in the K1 1000m and silver in London 2012 in the K2 1000m, along with Emanuel Silva, guarantees that he is “very calm”, even for the preparation he has made for this challenge.