Spain has made it clear in the European Union that it is a great power

An extremely positive balance for Spain in Belgrade in the European Piragüismo in which 40 countries have participated: with three gold presets in K4 500 (Craviotto, Toro, Cooper and Germade), K1 200 (Garrote) and K2 200 (Craviotto- Toro), one silver in K2 500 (Cooper-Germade), and three bronze in the distance of 1000 in K2 (Cubelos-Peña), C2 (Vallejo- Sieiro) and K4 (Hernanz, Roza, Gorrxategi and Millán).

The Spanish K4 500, composed of the Olympic champions Saul Craviotto, Cristian Toro and Marcus Cooper and the world-wide Rodrigo Germade, have proclaimed themselves European champions by imposing on their main adversary the difference of 14 million and less than 9 centimeters at the end of the half-kilometre tour, in the titanic duel between the two ships with an apotheosic end of Hispanics.

The second gold for Spain has arrived with the racial career of the Spanish-manchego Carlos Garrote in K1 200 in which the palist who runs Luis Brasero has crowned himself champion of Europe, a performance that seals the splendid level shown throughout the season. The goal was so exhausted that it fell into the water because of an imbalance just beyond the line.

Craviotto and Toro, the Olympic champions of K2 200, now also add the European title in this test, in which the Spanish speedists have today shown themselves intractable, especially in the second part of the race.

The balar Marcus Cooper Walz and the Galician Rodrigo Germade have climbed to the podium in K2 500, with a very tight outcome that has led the Spaniards to share the silver medal with the Russian couple Pertygay and Pogreban by decision of the judges, with the triumph of the Hungarian ship.

In 200 meters, three-quarters of the Gallegos Teresa Portela, the multimedalist who in the provisional classification appeared as a bronze medal in K1 have been obtained until confirmed at the doors of the podium; in C1 the young canoist Adrián Sieiro, bronze medal yesterday in C2 with Vallejo, and the Benavides- Segura baleares in C2.

In 500 meters the C2 of the Sete Benavides and Toni Segura baleares has obtained the seventh square, the Catalan Albert Martí the eighth in K1 and the Spanish-Leoness Patricia Coco and the Galician Antía Jácome in C2 have been sexta in 200 meters and novies in 500.

The 5,000-meter tests have put the European closure with Campos in C1 in fourth place, Cubelos in K1 sixth, Coco in C1 ninth and Lazkano in K1 tenth.

In K1 the Spanish manchego Paco Cubelos, bronze medal in K2 1000 yesterday and with the ability to palate longer distances in which he includes his title as the world champion of júnior marathon, has fired the European with the fifth place, enjoying the struggle along with great figures of piragüism, such as the German Olympic champion Max Hoff, current world champion of the 5000, of which he has the best time.

The Galician Tono Campos, with a 20-medal bouquet in World Marathon and 2 in quiet waters in C1 5000 meters, has finished fourth in this trial in Belgrade.

The European Championship 2018 of Paracanoe has come to an end without the five Spanish representatives being able to reach the podium, with the extreme Juan Valle as best classified with the fourth place achieved in the final of KL3. The Andalusian Paralympic Javier Reja has had to settle for the seventh square in VL3. The team was completed by the shooting Adrián Castaño (ninth in KL2), the Basque Higinio Rivero (fifth in the semifinal of VL2) and the Galician Adrián Mosquera (fifth in KL3).

09 / 06 / 2018: Spain achieves three medals and will have 16 boats in the finals of Belgrade

In Paracanoe the five Spanish athletes participating in the European 2018 have not been able to reach a medal in the first day in which the Andalusian Paralympic Javier Reja has been seventh in the final of VL3; the Extremean Juan Valle has been ranked sixth in the final of tomorrow of KL3, the Basque Higinio Rivero has been fifth in the final of VL2 and has not been able to overcome the elimination of KL2, the Galician Adrián Mosquera has been sixth in the series of KL3 and eighth in the series of VL3, and the balar has been removed in the new year in the one that has been given in the

The European Championship of Piragüismo 2018 of Esprint and Paracanoe today has provided three medals (K2, C2 and K4 1000 m men) to the Spanish team, which tomorrow hopes to expand that figure as it will have 16 boats in the late 200, 500 and 5,000 m of the continental competition in Belgrade, in which 40 countries take part.

The number of the three podiums achieved this morning in the distance of 1,000 meters with the third position of the K2 (Cubelos- Peña), the C2 (Vallejo- Sieiro) and the K4 (Hernanz- Roza- Gorrotxategi and Millán) could be extended tomorrow, as the national team has a total of 16 vessels in the finals scheduled at the closing session of the European.

After the end of this afternoon's elimination and final, the medal options for the Spanish delegation are led by k4 500, tripulated by the Olympic champions Saul Craviotto, Cristian Toro, Marcus Cooper Walz and world champion Rodrigo Germade, in addition to the first two in K2 200 and the second in the K2 500. They also seek to raise to the podium the castellano-leonese Carlos Garrote in K1 200, the Catalan Albert Martí in K1 500, the Sete Benavides and Toni Segura baleares in a double participation in C2 200 and C2 500, the Galician Teres Portela in K1 200, the Galician Adrián Sieiro in C1 200, and also for a double match the castellano-leonesa Patricia Coco and the Galician Antana Jácome in C2 200 and C2 500.

In addition, in the direct end over the distance of 5000 meters will compete Francisco Cubelos and Begoña Lazkano in K1 and Patricia Coco and Tono Campos in C1. The second medal of the day for the Spaniards has arrived with the bronze in C2 of the Galician Sergio Vallejo and Adrián Sieiro, the young crew who put Spain back in a podium position in a European Championship in an Olympic canoe test.

The K4 1000, tripulated by the Asterians Javier Hernanz and Pelayo Roza, the Basque Aitor Gorrotxategi and the Galician Ruben Millán, has ended in third place after a race in which they have always gone in search of victory.

The Roi Rodríguez Galician has been fourth in the final of K1 1000 meters, in an entrance very adjusted to the esprint after pounding a kilometre with the German Renncatadschmidt, both behind the current continental champion, the Portuguese champion Fernando Pimenta and the Hungarian Kopasz. The Kayak Tudense palist, a World Cup medalist three weeks ago in this test, has achieved the goal of entering the top 7 to secure the place in the World Championship.

The female K4 500, composed of the asturian Sara Ouzande, the balear Alicia Heredia, the ceuti Isabel Contreras and the Basque Begoña Lazkano, has finished seventh in the final with podium for Hungary Belarus and Russia. The young Spanish boat, conditioned by a bad departure, has been able to remount to fourth, but has finally paid for that extra wear. He stands as a finalist, cuts times to prestigious adversaries like the Hungarian ship and ensures to be the national crew for the World Cup next August in Portugal.

The K2 1000 of the Natalia García Galician and the Catalan Laia Pelachs have concluded in the fifth square at the end of this distance.

La madricala María Corbera has been sixth in the final of C1 500 after the Palista del Aranjuez showed her ambition by approaching the podium positions during some phases of the race in her first season as a practice of the canoe mode she has changed after her kayakista stage, with international endings included. In the end B the Asturian David Fernández Marqués has remained fourth at C1 1,000 meters.

08 / 06 / 2018: Spain's super-super K4 with Cravitto-Toro-Cooper-Germade to the final in Belgrade

The Spanish K4 500 debuts with victory winning Germany and achieving the direct pass to the end of the European as well as the C2 1,000; another 7 ships to the semi-finals (Photo Roi Rodríguez)

The Spanish K4 500, made up of the Olympic champions Saul Craviotto, Cristian Toro, Marcus Cooper, and the world-wide Rodrigo Germade, has today debuted at the 2018 European Championship of Esprint and Paracanoe, achieving a victory in the elimination, ahead of its main adversary - German - with which it achieves the direct pass to the end, which has also achieved the C2 1,000 meters of the Galician Sergio Vallejo and Adrián Sieiro, and the Spanish team has also put seven boats in the semifinals for this afternoon, in which it is the other five countries that compete in the opening of the continental series.

The Spanish K4 500 (Craviotto, Toro, Cooper and Germade) has taken a blow of authority in their debut, without hesitation, imposing on their most direct rivals (Germany and Hungary) in a series in which they only got the direct pass at the end of the first three. Other relevant world medalist adversaries have been relegated to the semifinal, which the Spaniards wanted to avoid since the four are paving another test (Craviotto- Toro in K2 200 and Cooper-Germade in K2 500).

The other direct classification for the end was starred by the Gallegos Sergio Vallejo and Adrián Sieiro, crew of the C2 1,000, who have made a very strong exit, which led them to pass first in the initial 250 meters, to control the race with the aim of looking for the third place that leads them to the end of the European and ensures them to palate in one of the most protected streets of the wind.

The seven remaining Spanish vessels that have competed this morning have gained access to their respective semi-finals for this afternoon: The Galician Roi Rodríguez has been second in the K1 1000 elimination in which only the first one obtained the direct pass to the end; the Catalan Albert Martí, third in K1 500; the Asturian David Fernández, fourth in C1 1,000, the same place have obtained the K4 500 female from the Astorian Sara Ouzande, the Balar Alicia Heredia, the Ceuti Isabel Contreras and the Basque Begoña Lazkano; the Chasegos and the Iñalgo in the Palanegio and the Cacho in the Cacho 2 1000 in the Cacho and the Cacho and the Cacho in the Cacho in the Cacho and the Cacho in the Cacho.

07 / 06 / 2018: 34 Spanish palists at the World Cup of Piragüismo in Esprint and Paracanoe in Belgrade

The Spanish male K4 500 debuts tomorrow in the European 2018 of Esprint and Paracanoe in the elimination in which he will face his main adversary, including the German K4. In the image Craviotto (1i), Toro (2i), Cooper (2d) and Germade (1d) in a training in Belgrade (Photo Roi Rodríguez)

The Spanish Pyragüism, with 34 palists, faces the 2018 European Piragüism Championship of Esprint and Paracanoe, which begins tomorrow in Belgrade with the participation of 40 countries, with the ambition of achieving several medals in response to the potential of the most successful team that it has had to date; led by its three Olympic champions - Craviotto, Toro and Cooper- will seek to add new podiums to the 70 presets obtained in the 18 continental citations held so far from which it never returned without a prize.

The tour of Spanish participation in the European Championships began in 1997 at the first continental meeting held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where he obtained 4 medals, the same number that he repeated in 1999 and 2011, then increased his loot to 7 in 2002 and raised it to 11 in 2004, the year from which the European became annual, always with the presence of the national team on the podium. The most recent, last year he got 4 medals.

The competition will begin tomorrow with 14 ships of the national team in the various eliminations on the distances of 500 and 1,000 meters, including the male K4 recently winner of the First World Cup and that for the first time this season will be measured with its main adversary, the current German ship world champion after imposing on the Spanish in the end of last year in which they were second. The order of departure has wanted both to have to see the faces at the start of the European, as they are part of the same elimination with also very powerful rivals, Hungarians, Czechs and Serbs, all fighting for the only three squares that ensure the direct pass to the final A.

The Spanish fleet will deploy its strength with the K2 200 (Craviotto- Toro), Olympic champions, and the K2 500 (Cooper-Germade), world champions, and also in the Galician Roi Rodríguez in the K1 1,000 elimination, in which only the former gets the direct pass to the end. He will also compete the K2 1,000 of Francisco Cubelos and Iñigo Peña, who come from being medallists at the World Cup and will seek in Belgrade to finish among the first four, which would assure them the square for the 2018 World Cup.

The K4 500 female is also premiered tomorrow, with Sara Ouzande, Alicia Heredia, Isabel Contreras and Begoña Lazkano, the boat that has not competed this season internationally and has experienced a considerable coupling since its debut last year in which it has managed to get finalist in the World Championship.

They complete the Spanish participation by order of departure David Fernández in C1 1000, the K2 1000 of Natalia Fernández and Laia Pelachi, the C2 1000 of Sergio Vallejo and Adrrián Sieiro, the K1 500 of Albert Martí, the C1 500 of María Corbera, the K4 1,000 of Javier Hernanz, Aitor Gorrotxategi, Pelayo Roza and Ruben Millán, the K2 500 of Natalia Fernández and Laia Pelachs, and the C2 500 of Patricia Coco and Analita Jácome.