In total, Spain concludes the day with four medals (one gold, one silver and two bronzes) in Junior category and Sub 23, to which add three medals in Paracanoe (two oars and one bronze)... Sunday on the last day of competition will be held the finals about 500 and 200 meters and the options of our country to add medals will be many as there are more than 20 Spanish ships in the finals by medals...

First day of the finals at the European Junior and Sub-23 Championship of Olympic Sprint and first medals that have arrived for the national combined who has come to the Lusa appointment on this last weekend of July... and that has added four medals of nine possible. Good start.

In total, on the morning of this Saturday, the Spanish aspirations for medal were in nine finals A. The first to open fire was Óscar Aache (Firrete Nautical Club), which finished sixth in the metal race in the K1 1000 Junior. Nor could Marcos Caballero, on the same ship and distance, achieve a trophy in its final Sub 23. The one of the Club Racing Valladolid of Piragüismo, finished fifth.

Although the first great joy of the event was given to us by Diego Dominguez. The Madrileño of Club CMDC Breogán Do Grove, achieved the gold Sub 23 at the C1 1000 meters, in a final in which he beat the Polish palist in just two tenths.

The second of the Spanish medals was soon arrived. On this occasion it was María Paraja (Royal Covadonga Culture Group) hung the bronze at the end of the K1 1000 Junior and the third of the priests came from the hand of the first double crew who competed in a final.

The Junior Dupla of the K2 1000 by Javier García (Club Piraguas Villaviciosa El Gaitero) and Martín López (Club Náutico Firrete), were imposed on the Slovaks and added the second of the bronzes of the day. Prior to this final, it was Andrea Dominguez (Club Jaire Aventura Los Rappios de Arrionda) who could only finish ninth in the K1 1000 Sub 23.

The last three of the morning left a bittersweet taste. Agrium for the room of Kevin Longo and Pedro Torrado (both of As Torres Romería Vikinga de Catoira) in the C2 1000 Junior, and then the fifth position of Adrián Muñoz (Club Escuela Piragüismo Aranjuez) and Alberto Llera (Club Náutico de Piragüismo El Sella) who did so on board their K2 at the distance of 1000 meters.

However, the sweet taste of the medal was provided by the C2 of Diego Domínguez and Manuel Fontán (Nautico Club or Muiño de RibDumia) who after 1000 meters crossed the goal in second position to eight tenths of the Czechs who took the gold.

In the afternoon, the tests that were held in semifinals of different categories plus the finals of the European Senior Paracanoe Championship, which is also being held these days on the Portuguese track.

In the first tests, the palist of the City of Pontevedra Claudia Couto (C1 200 Sub 23), Alma Rabinaerson (Marítimo de Mahón) in the K1 200 Junior and Nerea García (Sociedad Deportiva Santiagarrak) were awarded a ticket in the final.

The Paracanoe who competed today were four who were going to fight for the medals. The first was David González (Kayak Tudense Club) who made the gold in the VL1 200. Gold also achieved Inés Felipe (Club Piragüismo Badajoz) in VL2 200. Higinio Rivero (Club Plentia Piragüismo Thambera) did not want to be less and also managed to get bronze in category VL2 200, in a test in which the other Spanish participant, Antonio Gómez (Club Náutico de Sevilla) finished in eighth position.

The last race of the day was the VL3 200 with two other Spaniards in the final. Adrián Mosquera (Club Piragüismo Rias Baixas Boiro) was fourth, staying half a second of the medal and Francisco Fernández (Real Circulo de Labradores) ended up in the eighth position.