Portuguese canoeist Fernando Pimenta won a silver medal this Sunday in the 500m K1 event at the second round of the Canoeing World Cup in Poznań, Poland.
Pimenta, who won gold in the first round of the World Cup in Hungary two weeks ago, was now second in 01:41.87 minutes, 0.32 seconds behind Czech winner Josef Dostal, while Dane René Holten Poulsen completed the podium .
This is the second medal for the Ponte de Lima canoeist in Poznań – and the second for Portugal in Poland – after he also won silver on Saturday in the K1 1000m, in which he took Olympic bronze in Tokyo 2020.
However, this Sunday, Pimenta will compete in the K-2 500m mixed final with Teresa Portela starting at 11:33am Lisbon time and will then compete in the K-1 5000m event at 2:35pm. , in which Joao Duarte will also be..
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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