The best result in the European Championship was achieved by Sergio Pérez and Jesús González in the 2-LM, in which they achieved the bronze medal. The national expedition was composed of eight boats.

The Spanish delegation returns with a bronze medal from Brandenburg, Germany, where the European Remo Championship has been held this weekend. The eight Spanish vessels that have participated in the European, where more than 500 athletes from 34 countries of the continent have met, have achieved different results, two of them being classified for the Final A, four for the Final B and two for the C.

The best result has been achieved by Sergio Pérez and Jesus González in the 2-LM, in which they have achieved the bronze medal with a time of 7: 05.32. The Galician dupla began its participation in German waters in the best possible way, with a first place in the eliminations that directly classified them for the Final A. In the struggle for the medals, they had a struggle with Denmark for the second position, which would finally be for the Danes, for just over a second. Britain, the champion, led the race from the first paddles, crossing the line of arrival at 7: 00.

The other boat that played the Final A was the 4-LM formed by Ander Zabala, Patricio Rojas, Marc Franquet and Imanol Garmendia. The Spanish quartet premiered with a third place in the eliminations, so it had to fight the refishing to search for its place in the Final. An excellent second position, after the Netherlands, served them to qualify for the Final A, in which rooms were kept up to the equator. However, they had to fight the wind, which was increasing throughout the day, making the raid difficult, and were overcome in the last stretch by the Netherlands and Rep. Czech, relegating them to sixth position, with a time of 7: 01.52.

Álex Sigurbjörnsson and Pau Vela also started in an exceptional way, and is that the third place in the 2-M eliminations directly classified them for the semifinals. In these they stayed at the door of achieving a square for the A final for just over 2 seconds. They finished rooms, after the Netherlands, Hungary and Serbia, so they had to settle for the final B, in which they crossed the arrival line in second position, 2 seconds from Russia, stopping the chrono in 6: 51.63, thus obtaining an eighth place in the final classification.

The next to be launched into the waters of the Beetzsee River were Jaime de Haz and Ruben Padilla who fought the 2xM eliminations, in which they finished quintos. That same afternoon they retracted the refishing in which they were left at the door of the classification for semi-finals, as they were fourth. They won the Final C with a time of 7: 32.54, exceeding Estonia in more than nine seconds and achieving a thirteenth general seat.

The 4-M of Javier García, Jaime Canalejo, Ismael Montes and Antonio Guzmán premiered with a third position in the expulsions in which only the first was directly accessing the Final A, an achievement that Britain achieved. In the refishing there was a race between Belarus, Denmark and Spain, which reached 1,500 meters with less than a second difference. However, in the last section, the first ones tightened and managed to get the two places in play to fight the Final A. Spain, third, would top the Final B. In this, they starred in a final match with Romania, which they overtook in the line of arrival in just 5 cents, thus achieving the second position with a record of 6: 14.15, to a second of Germany, which was imposed in the Final B.

The only female representative, Nuria Domínguez, rallied in one of the most involved categories, that of skiff, with 15 boats registered. The Spanish finished fifth in the expulsions, disputing the refishing in the afternoon, in which it obtained the same position, leaving out the possibility of qualifying for the semifinals. In the Final C it was second with a time of 10: 03.35, 17 seconds from Finland, ending its European participation in a fourteenth final position.

José Gomez-Feria and Daniel Gutiérrezalso faced 14 rivals in the 2xLM mode. The Spanish couple obtained the classification directly for the semifinals thanks to a third place in the eliminations. In the semifinal they crossed the finish line in fifth position, so they were relegated to dispute the Final B in which they repeated with a time of 6: 58.16, after Switzerland, Portugal, Ukraine and Austria.

Finally, the Eight, formed by Marco Sardelli, Sergio García, Óscar Alonso, Noé Guzmán, Jon Carazo, David Prada, Marcelino García, Jaime Lara and the tymonel Tomás Jurado, finished fifth in its European premiere. The position that he repeated in the refish of the modality, classifying for the Final B in which he marked the best time (6: 00.19), exceeding Ukraine and Rep. Czech.

After the European, it is time to take stock and prepare for the most important and decisive competition of the season, the Olympic qualifying race, which is held from 22 to 24 May in Lucerne.

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