Álex Graneri (left) and Jaime Duro, the last medals of Spanish Pyragüism in Milan 2025 (Gentileza photos of the Royal Spanish Federation of Pyragüismo)

The Spanish selection of pyragüismo has concluded its participation in the World Sprint in Milan, with a total of eight medals after the last day Álex Graneri hung the bronze in K1 500 and Jaime Duro the silver in K1 5,000.

Spain achieved a gold thanks to the historic triumph of the K4 500 female of Sara Ouzande, Lucía Val, Estefanía Fernández and Barbara Pardo; the plates of Duro itself, the C4 500 of Daniel Grijalba, Marín Jácome, Manuel Fontán and Adrián Sieiro and Pablo Graña in C1 200; and the bronzes of the K4 500 of Adrián del Río, Álex Graneri, Carlos Arévalo and Rodrigo Germade, the C2 500 of Angels Moreno and Viktoria Yarchevska, the C1 500 of María Corbera and Graneri.

In the last normal World Cup - the Samarkand 2024 was made up of non-Olympic tests when it was held after the Games - Spain achieved in Duisburg 2023 three oros, five plates and five bronzes; and in the previous one in Halifax 2022, in which it led the medallion, its balance was 4-2-2.

On this occasion, in Milan he concluded eighth of the medallion, far from Hungary, undisputed triumphant with 7-3-4, which preceded the neutral athletes (Russian and Belarusian: 5-2-6) and Britain (4-1-4).

On this last day, Álex Graneri achieved the first Spanish podium in a final with a tremendous level that was pointed out by the Czech Josef Dostal with only 0.09 advantage over the Hungarian Adam Varga and 0.62 over the Spanish, who at some times led the test and who ended third before all an illustrious one like Portuguese Fernando Pimenta.

In the long-run tests the best was Jaime Duro, who hung in C1 5,000 a silver of great value to 2.36 of the winner, the Moldovan Serghei Tarnovschi; Ana Cantero was tenth in C1 5,000; Estefanía Fernández fourth in K1 5,000; and Pedro Vázquez eleventh in K1 5,000.

On the other hand, the C4 500 of Claudia Couto, Valeria Oliveira, Ana Cantero and María Corbera concluded in the fourth position; Viktoria Yarchevska was fifth in C1 200, proof that she won the Ukrainian queen Liudmyla Luzan, same square that they occupied in C2 500 Joan Antoni Moreno and Diego Domínguez, which were from more to less; Enrique Adam and Carlos García were sepmos in K2 500, proof in which Estefania Fernández and Begoña Lazkano ended novies.