Estefanía Fernádez silver in K1 5000 meters

The harvest of medals at the World Cup of Sprint of Montemor-O Velho was splendid, at three bronze yesterday another five on the penultimate day. They were bronze Ana Ríos with Maria Ramal in C2-200 and in C2-500 where Maria Pérez with Antía Jacom were silver in a few finals with little participation. More canoe medals with Hugo Pedrero and Alex Bernardez in C2-500, third to less than half a second of two high-level C2 (UKR and GER) The K4-500 of the young Roza, Martí, Adan and Vazquez finished rooms after Ukraine, Portugal and Hungary. The World Cup ends this afternoon with the 5000-meter races.

In the closing sleeves Estefanía Fernández achieved the silver medal in K1 5000m, only surpassed the sprint by Irish Jennifer Egan. Miriam Vega held the fourth position, and in the male K1, fourth and fifth place for Javier López and Albert Martí. Spain thus ends with the 5000m tests a great performance in this I Sprint World Cup with 8 medals (2 plates and 6 bronces) and the third square for Countries in score, behind the powerful Hungary and the host Portugal.

21 / 05 / 2017: Three bronzes at the Sprint Cup in Montemo (Portugal)

Miriam Vega in K1, Pelayo Roza with Albert Marti in K2 and Mohssine Moutahir with Gonzalo Martín in C2, all in 1000 meters, have won the bronze medal at the first World Cup of Sprint 2017 held in Montemo Velho (Portugal). The rest of the team has been in the A-finals dispute, but without reaching the medals.

In the first day the results of the Spanish palists were very good (Photo José O.Sousa)

Women K1 1000m
- 3rd Miriam Vega.
- 6th Raquel Dacosta

K1 1000m man
- 7th Pedro Vázquez.
- 9th Henry Adam.

Male C1 1000m
- 6th Daniel Duran.

K2 500m man
- 3rd Albert Martí / Pelayo Roza.

K2 1000m man
- 6th Aitor Gorrotxategi / Javier López

Male C2 1000m
- 3rd Moushine Moutahir / Gonzalo Martin
- 6th Alex Bernardez / Alberto Pedrero