Spain ensures the classification for Tokyo 2020 in the four Olympic tests, in which it has already confirmed the presence of Olympic champion Maialen Chourraut in K1 and of Ander Elosegi in C1 while in male K1 they fight for the square with David Llorente and Joan Crespo and in female C1 they aspire Nuria Vilarubla and Klara Olazabal

The Spanish-Leoness David Llorente has today achieved the silver medal and the Basque Joan Crespo bronze in K1 in the World Championship of Piragüism in the form of slalon, in which Spain has for the first time in history managed to classify all possible vessels for JJOO by doing so in K1 and C1, both in men and women.

The Spanish selection, with the two presets reached this morning, raises to six the number of pods in the World 2019, after the silver obtained yesterday by the Basque Ander Elosegi in C1 and three medals by teams: one gold in K1 with David Llorente, Samuel Hernanz and Joan Crespo, and two silver in C1 with Núria Vilarubla, Klara Olazabal and Ainhoa Lameiro in women and Ander Elosegi, Micquel Travé and Luis Fernández in men.

The national team has had two palists in each of the finals held this morning, as in addition to Llorente and Crespo - silver and bronze, respectively - in K1 had double participation in C1 women with the Basque Klara Olazabal and the Catalan Nuria Vilarrubla who ended up in the fifth and seventh positions in which it will be new Olympic test in Tokyo 2020.

The Segovian David Llorente, with great public support, with family and friends in the stands, managed to make his fall with a mark of 85.96, that is, 1.70 seconds behind the winner. In fact, Llorente was the fastest in the final, but a penalty made him add two seconds to his time and he escaped that gold.

28 / 09 / 2019: World of Eslalon: Ander Elosegui and Maialen Chourraut get the ticket for Tokyo

Elosogi wins the silver and Chourraut runs out of medal in the World Cup where both reach the square for the Games

The Basque Ander Elosegi has today won the silver in C1 while the Olympic champion Maialen Chourraut has been left without a medal at the end of the 10th K1 of the World Championship of Piragüism in the form of slalon, in which both have reached the nominal square for the Tokyo 2020 JJOO... the Spanish selection of piragüism, in the absence of tomorrow's closing day in which it has five palists in the semifinals, adds four podios in the World.

Irun Elosegui's pallist, will play in Tokyo 2020 his fourth Olympic Games after participating in Beijing 2008 and London 2012, in which he finished fourth in both, and in Rio 2016, eighth.
With the mind set to improve its time in the semifinal, the irunese was conjured not to make any mistakes and give the best of itself to fight for gold.

Thanks to a spectacular downfall, Elosegi managed to travel the circuit in 91.35 seconds, only over the French Cédric Joly (90.84 seconds of brand). Joly, visibly excited after becoming a leader, was unbeatable to the last remaining palists and took the gold medal in this world championship. The bronze was for the Slovak Luka Bozic for completing its downfall in 91.92 seconds.

Maialen Chourraut, the Basque sportsman living at the Seu d'Urgell, did not have her day... the double Olympic medalist, bronze in London and gold in Rio de Janeiro, skipped a door on one of the final lifts (door 20) so they penalized him with 50 seconds left without any possibility.

The female gold even surprised the leading sportsman and it was for the Slovenian Eva Tercelj who made a clean fall in its final where it was noted that she had no pressure after a discreet semi-final in which she had been sixth... she imposed herself on the Australian and great favorite Jessica Fox and the third in the drawer was the New Zealand Palist Luuka Jones.

On Sunday, the WC1 female canoe semifinals will be held, in which Nuria Vilarubla and KLara Olazabal will take part, and the MK1 male kayak with Samuel Hernanz, David Llorente and Joan Crespo.

27 / 09 / 2019: The Red of Piragüismo gets in with 17 boats in semi-finals in the World Cup of Slalon

The great performance of the Spanish selected continues on the track of the Seu d'Urgell

The Spanish selection of pyragüismo will have 11 boats in the semifinals of the World Championship of Eslalon after the Spanish-Leoness David Llorente, the Catalan Nuria Vilarubla and the Basque Joan Crespo, Samuel Hernanz and Klara Olazabal are classified this morning, in the search of adding new podiums to the three achieved in the inaugural day and of achieving the three Olympic squares still at stake for Tokyo.

These classifications are in addition to the six achieved yesterday by Maialen Chourraut, Marta Martínez and Laia Sorribes in K1, and Ander Elosegi, Luis Fernández and Miquel Travé in C1, a day in which they secured the square in K1 woman for the Nipone appointment.

This morning in the first male K1 elimination the three Spaniards have obtained a direct pass to the semifinal without incurring a penalty. Joan Crespo has finished seventh (89.50), David Llorente, ninth (89.72) and Samuel Hernanz, twenty-seventh (92.63), in the round that exceeded the best 30 times.

In the first manga of female C1, which gave the direct pass to the semifinal at the first 20, Nuria Vilarubla has finished at number 10 (110.25 seconds) after suffering 4 penalty for touches on doors 14 and 20, and Klara Olazabal (112.27 seconds) in the 16 with 2 seconds penalty on door 2. The Galician Ainhoa Lameiro, the 19-year-old world champion here in C1 by teams, has stayed at the doors of the semi-final after the first round in the 50 and the second round in the 19 (121.22 seconds) after 4 seconds of penalty for infringement at doors 14 and 15.

26 / 09 / 2019: Spain achieves in Seu d'Urgell square in K1 female for the Tokyo JJOO

Spain today classifies its 6 palists for the semifinals of the World Cup in Eslalon and achieves K1 female square for JJOO in Tokyo

The Spanish selection of pyragüismo has today managed to classify for their respective semifinals the 6 palists participating in the elimination of the World Cup of Eslalon... Maialen Chourraut, Marta Martínez and Laia Sorribes in K1, and Ander Elosegi, Luis Fernández and Miquel Travé in C1, in addition to getting the place in K1 woman in the slalon mode for the Tokyo JOO 2020.

While waiting to know who will occupy the square that will determine the internal pre-election process, Spain has secured the pass for the next Olympic edition, as it will have three participants in the semi-final of K1 of the World Cup in which 30 athletes - they belong to 17 countries - take part with the distribution of places for 18 countries.

In the case of male canoe, Spain should be ranked next Saturday among the first 11 of the total of 15 countries represented in the semi-final of C1.

The Basque Olympic champion Maialen Chourraut has finished seventh in the elimination with four seconds of penalty, and the Catalan Marta Martínez novia and Laia Sorribes undécima with two seconds, all classified for the semifinal of the World Championship in K1.

In the elimination of C1 the Basque Olympic Ander Elosegi has been sixth and the lgallegos Luis Fernández diaz, both after two seconds of punishment, while the Catalan Miquel Travé has had to go through the second round in which he has credited a second place with a magnificent record that also puts him in the semifinal, all of them fighting for the only square for Tokyo.

The first classification for Tokyo 2020 achieved today in the Seu d'Urgell by the Spanish slalon is linked to those obtained by the four ships of the national esprint team, which last August were ensured the presence in the Nipone citation in K1 200 male and female as well as in K2 1,000 and K4 500, both in men.

In the elimination of the descent the seven Spanish palists have remained in the second round: in K1 the castellano-leonenes Guillermo Andrés and Guillermo Fidalgo have ended up in positions 27 and 18 respectively; and the Catalans Arnau Morancho and Xavier Miralles in the 20 and 25. In C1 the Catalan Alan Padilla has concluded in place 15, the Spanish-Latvian in 16th and the Galician Manuel Freire in 18th.

25-09-2019: Spain begins the harvest of medals in the World Cup of the Seu d'Urgell

For the moment on the Catalan track, a gold and two plates have already fallen for Spain

A gold and two silver medal in the four finals of Canoe Slalom's team disciplines are the Spanish team's presentation letter at the Canoe Slalom's World ICF and the 2019 La Seu d'Urgell.

The Parc Olímpic del Segre has witnessed a very good start of the Spanish team at the Canoe Slalom and Decomplation 2019 of La Seu d'Urgell in the opening day of Wednesday, September 25, following the team test dispute. They consist of 3 boats per team coming down at the same time.

The great joy for Spain has been the gold in the Kayak Slalom mode by teams that have achieved David Llorente, Samuel Hernanz and Joan Crespo. After an excellent performance with a clean down in 89.87 seconds they have won the victory, imposing on the Czech Republic for 0.99 seconds.

In addition, Núria Vilarubla, Klara Olazabal and Ainhoa Lameiro have achieved the silver medal for teams in C1, as well as Ander Elosegi, Miquel Travé and Luis Fernández in C1.

24 / 09 / 2019: Started in the Seu d'Urgell the World of Slalon and Decomplation

The Parc del Segre de la Seu d'Urgell will be the stage of the World Championship of Piragüism, which will have the modalities of slalon and, for the first time, of descent, whose competitions will begin tomorrow with the team test of Canoe Slalon and of Descent

The World Slalon and Descent Championship, classified for the Tokyo JJOO, will be held from tomorrow to Sunday in the town of the Seu d'Urgell, with the participation of 510 palists, including the 23 Spanish captains of the Olympic champion Maialen Chourraut.

These are very special World Cup, as they will be the one-way ticket to the Tokyo Olympic Games, which will be held in 2020. For this reason, the competition will have an added incentive and all the participants will give the best of themselves to get the much-desired square in the Olympic quota: a possibility that only presents itself every 4 years.

The tests will be global to obtain the above-mentioned registration in four categories of the slalon discipline: canoe (male and female) and kayak (male and female). A total of 510 shares will take place, with 65 countries represented.

The Royal Spanish Federation of Piragüismo will be represented by 23 Spanish palists, including the Basque Olympic Maialen Chourraut (K1M) and Ander Elosegi (C1H), who achieved gold and 8th place, respectively, at the last Olympic Games in Rio 2016, and the Catalan Núria Vilarraula (C1M), champion of the Leipzig 2020 World Cup. The Spanish team, which this year will be composed of 23 palists, 15 in the slalon mode and 8 in the descent mode, will compete at home with an extra motivation. During the days of competition, they will make every effort to make a good role, rise to the top of the podium and represent Spain in the JJOO of 2020.