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The Catalan Nuria Vilarubla has today achieved Olympic diploma in Tokyo 2020 by obtaining the eighth place in the final of female slalon C1, whose test is part of the Olympic program for the first time in history.

For its part the Spanish-Leoness David Llorente, lamented by a 50-second penalty, has now ended in the tenth position at the end of the slalon in K1 in the JJOO 2020 at the close of this specialty.

Kasai's facilities, with no audience in the stands like the rest of the Olympic sites due to the coronavirus pandemic, have today recorded temperatures that have reached 35 degrees, a circumstance that has hardened the competition in the demanding Nipon channel in which the segovian ended tenth in the final, after exceeding the semi-final being classified eighth (98.26s) in an arrival in which it showed signs of dizziness, affected by high temperatures.

Llorente made a fall that kept him hoping to get into a podium position or at least secure the Olympic diploma, but a review after reaching goal punished him with 50 seconds for an infringement at gate 9 that sentenced him to the last position (150,08s).

2021-07-28: Nuria Vilarrobla and David Llorente are classified for the semifinal of slalon in Tokyo in their debuts

This is the first Olympic edition in which the female canoe is part of the official slalon competition program, as it does in the esprint program.

Then in the second, the chrono went to 118.03 seconds lastrated for 8 seconds of penalization. Llorente, belonging to the club Rio Eresma, has had to pull of its class pass to ensure the classification to semi-final - they passed the 20 first ones - in the second round, in which it credited a mark of 95.83, with 2 seconds of penalization, after fitting a penalty of 50 in the first round, which led it to total 147.62 seconds.

Tomorrow Thursday the semi-final of K1 is disputed with Nuria Vilarrubla at 14: 15 looking for one of the 10 places that give access to the final, which will then begin at 15: 55 hours... the semi-final of Llorente will be Friday 30 at 14: 06 hours.

The Basque has achieved its third Olympic medal, with 38 years... (Image owned by RTVE, obtained live from the Spanish TV broadcast)

2021-07-26: Ander Elosegi ends eighth in C1 and achieves Olympic diploma in Tokyo

Elosegi has said that he leaves the JJOO with a bitter feeling

The Spanish Ander Elosegi has finished today eighth in the final of C1 in the speciality of slalon, which involves obtaining Olympic diploma in Tokyo 2020, with which he adds three in his sports career in which he has classified for the finals of the four JJOO in which he has participated.

The palist of the Santiagotarrak team, who agreed to the final after signing a semi-final with the third best chrono (103.15 seconds), has totaled a time of 106.59 seconds after a penalty of 2 seconds for making a touch at door 6. The Olympic podium champion in Tokyo was Slovenian Benjamin Savcek (98.25), Czech subchampion Lukas Rohan (101.96) and German bronze medal Sideris Tasiadis (103.70).

Elosegi, fourth in Beijing 2008 and London 2012, and eighth in Rio, is triple medalist in World Championships: bronze in C1 for teams in 2009 and silver in C1 and C1 for teams in 2019..

2021-07-25: Maialen Chourraut (K1) and Ander Elosegi (C1) to semi-finals in Tokyo

The semi-final and final of K1, the test in which Chourraut seeks to repeat podium is scheduled for Tuesday 27. (RTVE image, live screen capture)

Spanish pyragüism today opened its performance in the Games with the semifinal classification of the Olympic champion Maialen Chourraut in K1 and that of the three-time Olympic diploma Ander Elosegi in C1, after signing both rounds in which they have been very solid in the start of the slalon tests, held in the Kasai channel of Tokyo, with no audience in the steps and with high temperatures.

The Olympic bimedalist accredited a first fall that ended in sixth place with a time of 108.97 seconds, after fitting 2 seconds of penalty for a touch at door 24, while in the second he finished fifth, in a clean, unsanctioned descent with a mark of 105.13 seconds. The 24 palists were going to the semifinal with better time.

The triple Olympic diploma finished eighth in its first fall, with 4 seconds of penalty for touches on doors 8 and 23, which added a time of 103.78 seconds, and in the second finished fourth, without penalty, with 101.51. The 15 best times of each participant were reached in the semifinal.

Tomorrow Monday the second day of the slalon competition is disputed with the only Spanish performance of Elosegi, which will fight the semi-final of C1 at 14: 24 hours, and if it is able to enter among the 10 best runs it will pallet the Olympic final, which will begin from 5: 45 hours.

The other two Spanish participants in the slalon: Núria Vilarrubla and David Llorente will enter the competition on Wednesday 28, with the dispute of the two rounds of C1 and K1, respectively, with presence for the first time in the history of the female canoe test.