This Tuesday, the Portuguese Diogo Cancela won the silver medal in the 100m butterfly S8 at the European Open Para Swimming Championships, which runs until Saturday at the Funchal swimming pool complex.
The swimmer from Luzan Natasan, who is missing an arm, finished in 1:04.84 minutes, close to his national distance record (1:04.30).
Cancela was 1.64 seconds behind the winner, Italy’s Alberto Amodeo (1:02.57), who took gold, while China’s Ting Li, who was allowed to compete because it was an open competition, finished in second place with a time of 1:03.65. , and is therefore open to swimmers from non-European countries, but is not eligible for the award of continental medals.
Spaniard Inigo Sanz Llopis finished fourth (1.06.06) but won the bronze medal.
Diogo Cancela, who competed at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics and is virtually guaranteed to attend the Paris 2024 Games, was a 2022 World Championships silver medalist and a 2022 World Championships bronze medalist in the style metric event, a distance he will overcome. swim on Friday at the European Championships in Funchal.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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