The Spanish K4 formed by Carlos Garrote, Cristian Toro, Marcus Cooper and Rodrigo Germade after finishing seconds in the new Olympic distance of the 500m, only surpassed by the Olympic champion boat (Photo Instagram)

The Spanish selection of Pyragüismo has finished its participation in the Second World Cup of Esprint 2017, which has ended today in the Hungarian city of Szeged, with a total of seven medals: one gold, two plates and four bronzes. In the last day of the competition, two silver medals have been reached in K-1 500 meters with Roi Rodríguez (1m.38s.428) and in K-4 500 (1m.19s.340) with Carlos Garrote, Cristian Toro, Marcus Cooper and Rodrigo Germade; and three bronze medals with Carlos Garrote (34s.56) in K-1 200, Adrián Sieiro and Sergio Vallejo (1m.41s.497) in C-2 500 meters and the K-4 500 (1m.3s.804) female of Sara, as well as in the Begoana de Isabel, as in the Bezanera.

One of the most expected finals has been the final of K1 200m men, reviving the final of Rio 2016 with the Olympic champion and subchampion and the Spanish Carlos Garrote who was about to win. In addition, they have been finalists Sara Ouzande (40s.862) in K-1 200 meters, where it has left seventh, and Carlos Arévalo (35s.090), in K-1 200 meters, fifth. In the mixed relief with Adrián Sieiro and Patricia Coco (14m.11s.370) in C-1 6 × 500 meters have been left seconds in their elimination and Camila Morison and Roi Rodríguez (11m.51s.193) in K-1 also occupied the second square.

27 / 05 / 2017: Spain achieves its first gold in the Zseged World Cup of Piragüism

The morning of the Zseded World Cup begins with the gold medal for Spain in Senior Man K2 1000m. In a very exciting race, Iñigo Peña and Paco Cubelos ended up in first position with a time of 3: 05: 624, obtaining the first gold medal for Spain, making almost a second advance to Ukraine that classified seconds and Czech Republic in third position.

Iñigo Peña and Paco Cubelos get the first gold for the army

In the senior male category of K1 Roi Rodriguez ended in third position behind the Hungarian Balín Kopasz and the Portuguese Fernando Pepima, in a high-level career, where Marcus Cooper ended in ninth position. In the senior male test of C2 1000 meters, fifth place for Adrián Sieiro and Sergio Vallejo, who fought for the medals until the last meters. They ended in 3: 28: 904, a few tenths of the bronze medal.