Nicolás Suárez, who competes for the Club Náutico de León, and the Pontevedrés Alvaro Montes who represented the Dumies of Ourense once again, have proclaimed themselves in the Cortegada Track of Náutico Skiing in the heart of the Miño Orensano River, winning the categories of the Iberian Cup of the specialty, which perfectly covered their condition of being the official opening of the Week of Abanca 2022.

Spanish champion Alvaro Montes achieved gold in figures (Photo Jacobo Pereira)

Nicholas, who was made with the senior category of slalom, left the bronze for the current national champion of Figuras, Alvaro Montes... who returned his defeat, by imposing on his supreme specialty, that of Figuras, with which he achieved the second gold, to the detriment of the Asturian that now had to conform to the second square.

Martina Senra del Náutico de Arcade with only 20 years of continuing progression (Photo Jacobo Pereira)

In the senior category victory since of Nicolás Suárez del Náutico de León, being of the Vigués Rui Andrade... the third was the national champion Alvaro Montes and fourth was José Garrido, fifth was the veteran tarraconense sportsman Javier Pamies, sixth the Orensian Jacobo Pereira and seventh Juan Pinal, who completed the lot of the first posts, of the top seven.

In Figuras the podium was made up of Alvaro Montes, Nicolás Suárez and the young rider of the Nautical Club of Arcade Martina Senra, which was also the second among the open behind Gonzalo Pamies... a very young sportsman of great projection. By the way, the Spanish champion, the little Silvia, could not participate because she was in physical recovery, because of a knee injury.

Also to be noted in the category of Slalom Initiation, category in which was imposed the Orensano Gael Pinal, the second being the Vigués Manuel Bodega... by the way debuted the small rider of the City of the Thiago two Santos Burgas with only four years... that became the third in the first of the two sleeves held. It was the great surprise of this first day of the Abanca Week, in which Marta Suárez of the Nautico de León won in Sub17 ahead of the zaragozano Antonio Pascual... and in mimi slalom Maria Jesús Pérez of the Dumies of Ourense... being the rest of the podium Aitana Vidal and Alejandro Gómez.

The little Thiago dos Santos who at only 4 years old was the youngest of the competition (Photo Jacobo Pereira)

For the second Sunday act of the Abanca Week, and first of the Concello de Vigo Trophy, with the International Trophy of Kayak de Mar and SUP, in which about two hundred palists will participate... some with high quality, case of the world's bicampoon and five times European champion Ivan Alonso.

With regard to the Galician participation with more than 20 clubs in the four provinces who will compete on the track of the ETEA of Vigo, at the foot of the imposing Pendant Bridge of Rande. In total, 24 categories are male, female and mixed from cadet to master. The closing of the event will be about two to four in the afternoon at the foot of the quay, from the old school of the Spanish Navy.