Diego and Noel Domínguez in Seville

The second and last day of the LII edition of the Spanish Championship left numerous medals for Galician representatives in the waters of Guadalquivir.

At the end of the male C1 Senior the podium would be with total Galician accent, the tudense Manuel Garrido was made with the victory after disputing in a long sprint the triumph of the palist of the Diego Romero Breogán. In the finish line the advantage of Garrido was 170 million. The bronze medal would be for Tono Campos who signed a big rebound after always going away from the medal posts.

A few hours earlier the athletes of the category Sub 23 were competing and once again the final of C1 had on the podium with the presence of athletes belonging to Galician teams, the brothers Noel and Diego Domínguez were clear dominators of the test. From the beginning they both remained in the head and with a good understanding they reached the final part of the race in the head to play the medals in a sprint that finally took it Noel, in third position crossing the line of arrival the pontevedral palist of the E.P. The city of Pontevedra Jaime Duro.

In addition, the Galician presence on the podium was completed by Irene Lata del Ria de Betanzos and the pontevedresa now in the ranks of the Náutico Sevilla Carolina García, who finished the K1 Sub 23 test in second and third position behind Barbara Pardo del Piragüismo Antella.

Finally, in the male kayak test Sub 23, Joaquín Iglesias del Piragüismo Verdudo achieved a meritorious silver medal after a tremendous career with several palists fighting for the first three positions, finally the first position would be for the asturian Alberto Llera, while Alejandro Moreno del Piragüismo Aranjuez was third.

Other outstanding results of the day were the victory of Francisco Cubelos in the senior K1 ahead of Walter Bouzán and Javier López. The first three female posts would be for Estefanía Fernández, Laura Pedruelo and Eva Barrios.

The Spanish Winter Championship ended after two Marathon race days that were distributed without any unforeseen schedule. The more than 1300 athletes displaced to Andalusian lands were able to enjoy a great sports environment.

The team classification ended with the third Kayak Tudense with 1887 points, while the Piragüismo Aranjuez was 2253 points to take the win in the championship, second with 1953 points was the Nautico Sevilla. Also among the top ten of the championship are in fifth place with 1186 points the E.P. City of Pontevedra and tenth the Lugo River with 1050 points.

2022-03-19: Great performance of the Galician palists in the National Winter in Seville

Great role of the Galaic expedition in Sevillian waters

This morning he started the Spanish Winter Championship at the La Cartuja High Performance Center in Seville, with a remarkable performance by the Galician athletes there... in the morning the qualifying tests were produced and in the afternoon he competed for the medals.

The first Galician medal of the day would be obtained by the E.P. sportsman The city of Pontevedra Claudia Couto at the end of C1 Sub 23. The pontevedresa invested a time of 29: 17.31, surpassing Julia Espinosa in more than 5 seconds, the third classified would be Ana Barea, who was going into 25 seconds of Couto.

The athlete of Club As Torres Romería Vikinga Pedro Torrado used his favorite position to take a well-deserved gold medal, after leading the entire race without giving his rivals options to contest the victory. The Palist of As Torres crossed the finish line alone, marking a time of 25: 03.28, Daniel Grijalba and Dario Sánchez of Piragüismo Aranjuez accompanied him on the podium.

In addition, the Galician canoe would achieve two more medals, María De La Peña of the City of Pontevedra ended in third position in C1 Senior, while Valería Oliveira also took the bronze in the C1 Youth race.

Many tests of the different modalities or categories were held throughout the day. So in the races of Paracanoe Enrique Navas del Breogán achieved the third place in PK2. The Olympic of the Piragüismo Rías Baixas Adrián Mosquera ended second in PK3 and Ramón Fernández of the City of Lugo third.

Where the presence of Galician athletes was most noted was in the master category, where very good results were achieved. The silver and bronze medals obtained by Francisco and Alberto Piqueiras del Piragüismo Viveiro in K1 (40-44) are outstanding. Antonio Polo del As Pontes would be gold and Ulises Diéguez del Fluvial de Lugo bronze in K1 (45-49), Bernardo Sánchez del Fluvial de Lugo second in K1 (50-54) and his teammate Francisco Vázquez first in k1 (60-64).

For its part, María Rodríguez del Ría de Aldán achieved victory in K1 (45-49) and Raquel Rodríguez del Portonovo ended in third place. Araceli Menduiña del Ría de Aldán managed to get the title of Spanish champion in K1 (50-54)... finally, in the canoe mode José Manuel Sánchez del Kayak Tudense was imposed in the C1 (35-39) to Rubén Paz del Ría de Aldán which ended second.