Selective in Verdudo for the Spanish Piragüismo Team for the Sprint World Cup

Selective in Verdudo for the Spanish Piragüismo Team for the Sprint World Cup

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El alto nivel competitivo del piragüismo español y la meteorología han contribuido a deparar resultados como que el campeón olímpico Cristian Toro o los subcampeones mundiales Pelayo Roza y Pedro Vázquez Llenín se hayan quedado sin plaza para la única cita internacional programada esta temporada, a celebrar del 24 al 27 de septiembre en la ciudad húngara de Szeged

The high competitive level of Spanish pyragüism and meteorology have contributed to the discovery of results such as that the Olympic champion Cristian Toro or the world subchampions Pelayo Roza and Pedro Vázquez Llenín have been left out of place for the only international event scheduled this season, to celebrate from 24 to 27 September in the Hungarian city of Szeged

The adverse conditions due to the waves and the wind have added difficulty to the last day of the national selective of classification for the World Cup of Esprint 2020, which will have 20 ships of the Spanish selection following the test disputed this weekend in the field of regats of Verducido in Pontevedra.

On Sunday, Alicia Contreras and Roi Rodríguez were classified, both in K1 500; Laia Pelachs-Begoña Lazkano and Roi Rodriez-Albert Martí in K2 500, and in canoe: David Barreiro in C1 1,000; María Corbera in C1 500; Antana Jácomo-Antana Otero in C2 500; and Toni Segura -Sete Benavides in C2 500.

And on Saturday, Juan Oriyés did it in K1 200; María Corbera, Antía Jácome and Sete Benavides in C1 200, and Paco Cubelos and Iñigo Peña in K2 1,000 meters, and in the first session Sara Ouzande and Lara Feijoo, also Paco Cubelos and Roi Rodríguez in K1 and Cayetano García and Adrián Sieiro in C2.

The Pontevedrés Roi Rodríguez, of the Kayak Tudense, has awarded the victory in the final of K1 500 meters, which ensures the square for Szeged, the Hungarian city in which two years ago he beat the best mark of this test.

Today, among its rivals was the Olympic champion Cristian Toro, who has had to settle for the fourth square after the Asturian Pelayo Roza (Fluvial) and the Madrid Enrique Adan (Aranjuez), second and third, respectively.

After having achieved it yesterday at K1 1,000 meters, Roi Rodríguez has also secured the World Cup classification in the K2 500 test by winning with his partner at Kayak Tudense, Albert Martí. The couple of the Tui group has imposed on the current world subchampions of the test, the Asturians Pelayo Roza and Pedro Vázquez, who arrived seconds on a very tight arrival.