Spain brings five medals from Lusitan waters... which can be one more

Spain has completed the World Championship of Piragüismo 2018 with at least 5 medals, pending the claim submitted by the national team's delegation on the K1 5,000 of Javier Hernanz, whose name was in the official classification as the third, following the disqualification of the Norwegian Eivind Vold for skipping the last buoy, in the final day of the competition in which Carlos Garrote has added gold in K1 200 and the silver the K4 500, composed of Saul Craviotto, Cristian Toro, Marcus Cooper and Rodrigo Germade, which are added to the second position in the 2 of Kvito and the 2 of Kvito and the second place of Kvito.

The 2018 World Cup, held in Montemo O Velho (Portugal) with the presence of about 700 palists from 66 countries, in which Spain has for the second consecutive year obtained the title of best selection of male kayak, has concluded with suspension, and almost two hours after the ceremony of delivery the Spanish team was waiting in the field of regatas the resolution of the judges to their claim, in which it has understood that Hernanz is the winner of the bronze medal after an arbitrator disqualified Vold for skipping a buoy, which placed the Spanish in the podium, although it was later revoked by the other place that he had not yet decided.

The Spanish-Leoness Carlos Garrote achieved the milestone of proclaiming the world and European champion in 2018, in which he has shown a plethora state throughout the season, left him at the gates of the K4.

25 / 08 / 2018: Spain adds and continues in the Portuguese Esprint World Cup with three new podiums

It could still have expanded Spain's medallion this morning without fortune for the Galician Roi Rodríguez that has had to settle for the fifth place in the final of K1 1000 meters, off the podium for the pontevedrés of Tomiño, which has remained second for almost all race without being able to hold in the second part of the race, on the same track in which the double medalista this year at the I World Cup, was proclaimed World Champion sub23 in 2015 in K1 and also in K4 1000

The Spanish selection of pyragüismo has today achieved the silver medal in K2 200 meters (Craviotto- Toro) and the bronze medal in K4 1000 (Cubelos-Millán-Roza and Peña) with which it increases to three podios its harvest in the medallion of the World Championship 2018, in which yesterday it won its first trophy with the subchampionship of Paco Cubelos and Iñigo Peña in K2 in the distance of the kilometre.

The current Olympic champions of K2 200, Saul Craviotto and Cristian Toro, reached the silver medal, and the Galician has taken advantage of the final moment of the inn of the three winning boats that the Spaniards shared with Hungarians and Serbs to ask his girlfriend, present at the graduate.

Both palists now focus on their main goal in the world event, the K4 500 that they share with Marcus Cooper Walz and Rodrigo Germade, the current European test champion crew. This afternoon (17: 11 hours) they will see the elimination in which they will seek to impose themselves to ensure the only place that gives direct access to the final.

The second Spanish medal of the day has arrived in K4 1000 meters, with the contribution of the subchampions of the world since yesterday in K2 1000 the castellano-manchego Paco Cubelos and the Basque Iñigo Peña with the young Asturian Pelayo Roza, which closes a pletoric season, and the Galician Ruben Millán, a safe value on the team ships.

This podium in K4 1000 in a World Championship is the fourth to be achieved by Spain and 40 years after its last season when it closed a cycle of 3 consecutive world with medal, a milestone reserved for the iconic crew composed of Herminio Menéndes, Luis Gregorio Ramos Missioné, José María Esteban Celorrio and José Ramón Ópez-Díaz Flor, with the only change for the latter by Juan Sánchez in 1977.

In the final of C4 500 the Galician Noel Domínguez, Pablo Graña and David Barreiro, next to the Bat Mohssine Moutahir, were disqualified. In addition, in the end B the Galician Antía Jácome has finished third in C1 200 and the Sevillian Gonzalo Martín fourth in C1 1000.

24 / 08 / 2018: Cubelos and Peña world subchampions of K2 1000 meters in an epic final in Portugal

First major award in Portugal

The Spanish-manchego Paco Cubelos and the Basque Iñigo Peña have today proclaimed themselves as the world's subchampions of pyragüism in K2 1000 meters by achieving the silver medal in the 2018 World Cup in an epic final, behind the German boat of the current Olympic champions and surpassing the Serbs until today who have the world crown; with this season Spain inaugurates its medal in this competition.

Cubelos and Peña have made a good way out, they have been kept in the middle positions attentive to the head of the race and in the final outcome they have taken a final blow to proclaim the world's subchampions between the winners of JJOO and the last World Championship.

With the silver medal obtained by Cubelos and Peña (3m.16s.617) in K2 1000 meters Spain returns to the podium of this test in a World Cup nine years after Emilio Merchán and Diego Cosgaya won gold in 2009 in Canada.

Cubelos and Peña, who last year set the world record of K2 1000 meters (3m.05s.624), seal with the title of world subchampions a dream season in which they have been third in the European Championship and second in the First World Cup.

23 / 08 / 2018: The World Cup of Esprint in Portugal begins and the first successes of Spain arrive

The potential of the Spanish team is evident in the classification of all the competing ships of this day -2 in the direct end and the remaining 12 in the semifinals

The Spanish selection of pyragüismo has today set off its way in the 2018 Esprint World Championship and has achieved the direct ranking for the final A of the K2 200 Olympic champion (Craviotto and Toro) and the C4 1,000 (Dominguez, Moutahir, Graña and Barreiro) and has put 12 other boats in the semifinals of the competition that is disputed until Sunday in Montemo (Portugal) with the presence of about 700 palists from 66 countries.

The K2 200 of the Catalan Saul Craviotto and the Galician Cristian Toro, who are also part of the K4 500, have achieved the direct pass to its end by winning their series at the start of the competition. His technician, Miguel García, has finally joked them about being a little conservative.

22 / 08 / 2018: The selection that represents Spain in Portugal in the World Cup of Sprint very strong

Spain very strong in Portugal, a priori

The Spanish selection of Pyragüismo debuts on Thursday in the World Cup of Esprint with the participation of 14 boats, including the Olympic champion of K2 200 meters in Rio, composed of Saul Craviotto and Cristian Toro; the winner of the I Cup of the World 2018 in K1 500, Roi Rodríguez, and the medallists in the European this year of 1,000 meters in K2 - Paco Cubelos and Iñigo Peñ- and C2 - Sergio Vallejo and Adrián Sieir-, other 20 ships will do so later in the presence of the Portuguese country in the presence of the 66th century in the presence of the competition in the town of the Portuguese people with the presence of about 66th.

The Spanish participants complete the relationship of the ships on the distance of 1000 meters, the C1 of Gonzalo Martín and K1 Eva Barrios; in 500 the K1 Carla Frieiro, the K1 of Enrique Adan, the C1 of Patricia Coco, the C1 of David Fernández, and the K2 of Natalia García and Laia Pelach and the C4 of Noel Dominguez, Mohssine Moutahir, Pablo Graña and David Barreiro, and in 200 the K2 of Carolina García and Bauzá, the K2 of Saul Craviotto and Cristian and the Cage of Anoro and the Téra.

18 / 08 / 2018: Defined the selection of Spain of Piragüismo for the Mundal of Esprint in Portugal

The Madrileño Adam achieves the qualification before the Galician Arévalo

The Spanish selection of pyragüismo has today closed the list of competitors for the 2018 Esprint World Championship, to celebrate from 22 to 26 August in Portugal, with the classification of the madrileño Enrique Adan, of the Aranjuez, to palate the k1 500 meters after imposing on the selective control of the Galician Carlos Arévalo for a difference of 148 centésimes in a very equal arrival.

He has also trained the K2 500 that next week will compete in Montemo (Portugal) Albert Martí and Juan Oriyés, two world champions last year in K4 sub23 that now debuts in senior and will have the responsibility to replace the K2 500 composed of Cooper and Germade, gold in the 2017 absolute World Cup. This is the Espara team for the World Championship:

K1M - 200 CARLOS GARROTE
K1W - 200 TERESA PORTELA
C1M - 200 HUGO PEDRERO
C1W - 200 JANUARY JACOME
K2M - 200 SAUL CRAVIOTTO-CRISTIAN TORO
K2W - 200 ANA CATERINA BAUZA VICENS- CAROLINA GARCIA OTERO
K2- 200 TONI INSUR- BE BENAVIDES,
C2W - 200 JACOME-PEREZ MARIA
K1M - 500 ENRIQUE ADAN
KW - 500 CARLA FRIEIRO
C1M - 500 DAVID FERNÁNDEZ MARQUÉS
C1W - 500 COCO PATRICIA
K2M - 500 ALBERT MARTÍ-JUAN ORIYÉS
K2W - 500 LAIA PELACHS-NATALIA GARCIA
C2M - 500 SERGIO VALLEJO - ADRIAN SIEIRO
C2W - 500 MARIA CORBERA-BELÉN DIAZ
K4M - 500 SAUL CRAVIOTTO-CRISTIAN TORO-MARCUS COOPER WALZ-RODRIGO GERMADE
K4W - 500 SARA OUZANDE-ALICE HEREDIA-ISABEL CONTREAS- BEGOÑA LAZKANO
C4M - 500 NOEL DOMINGUEZ- DAVID BARREIRO - MOHSSINE MOUTAHIR- PABLO GRAÑA
K1M - 1000 ROI RODRIGUEZ
K1W - 1000 EVA BARRIOS
C1M - 1000 GONZALO MARTIN FIJO
K2M - 1000 PACO CUBELOS- IÑIGO PEÑA
K2W - 1000 BÁRBARA PARDO - FERNANDEZ ESTEFANIA
C2M - 1000 SERGIO VALLEJO - ADRIAN SIEIRO
K4M - 1000 PACO CUBELOS- PELAYO ROZA, RUBÉN MILLANO - IÑIGO PEÑA
K1M - 5000 JAVIER HERNANZ
KAW - 5000 EVA BARRIOS
C1M - 5000 TONE CAMPOS
C1W - 5000 MARIA CORBERA
- Paracanoe:
KL1 - 200 ADRIAN CASTAÑO
KL2 - 200 INTER FELIPE
KL3 - VL3 - 200 ADRIAN MOSQUERA
KL3 - VL3 - 200 JAVIER REJA