The Galician tandem has made history for the Spanish rowing (Photo FER)

Aleix García and Rodrigo Conde achieved the silver medal on Sunday at the male double-scull final of the World Row that are held in the Czech town of Racism, where the French Hugo Boucheron and Matthieu Androdias were imposed.

The Catalan Aleix García and the Galician Rodrigo Conde used a time of 6: 10.52, over only that of the French, current Olympic champions, which marked 6: 09.34. The bronze medal was for the Australians David Bartholot and Caleb Antill with 6: 11.92.

The Spanish boat entered the final with the best time of its semi-final series (6: 11.46) and improved it today in the final, in which they took over the command at the exit but were overcome by the French and the Australians, who were able to exceed a few meters from the goal to be second... on their part Virginia Díaz finished sixth in scull.