This Sunday, Portugal completed the I World Cup in kayaking and canoeing, winning a total of six medals after the bronze medals in the K2 500m distance of João Ribeiro and Messias Baptista and mixed doubles of Fernando Pimenta and Teresa Portela in Hungary.
In Szeged, the world’s great model of modality, João Ribeiro and Messias Baptista again climbed the podium at this Olympic distance, finishing their performance in 01.30.94 minutes, just 48 hundredths of a second from the Hungarians Bence Nadas/Sandor Totka, who beat the Australians Jean van der Westhuizen and Thomas Green on 38 hundredths.
Shortly thereafter, Teresa Portela and Fernando Pimenta also took their boat to third with a time of 1.37.79 minutes behind the two Australian couples, while Alyssa Bull and Jackson Collins took the gold, 1.68 seconds behind the Portuguese. , leaving compatriots Riley Fitzsimmons and Yale Steinpreis at 1.45.
After 15 medals at international competitions in 2022, Fernando Pimenta started the season with three podiums, as he has already won gold in K-1 500 meters and silver in K-1 1000 meters: in the K-1 5000 events in which he usually wins medals , the steering wheel broke and failed the test.
Silver still went to Elder Silva in the 200m C1, while in the paracanoe Norberto Murao, European, World and Olympic bronze in the 200m VL2, took gold in Szeged.
This Sunday at K2 500, Emanuel Silva and Kevin Santos were 6th in the B final and 15th in the final, while Francisca Laia and Joana Vasconcelos finished fifth in the C final, equaling 23rd in the final.
In canoe Beatriz Fernandez was 14th in the C1 500m.
Qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will take place in Duisburg, Germany from 23 to 27 August.