Cuba closed with a subtitle and a bronze medal this Sunday, its performance in the World Cup of Rafting from Szeged, Hungary.
The best result of the day for the Cubans was carried out by José Ramón Pelier, who today won the silver medal in the final A of the C1-5000 meters, according to review the digital site Hit.
Pelier, who a day ago had been on the verge of the podium in the C1-1000, now managed to be included in the vanguard trio, preceded only by the host Adolf Balazs.
The Cuban achieved a time of 24:03.52, behind the 23:44.59 minutes of the Hungarian, but better than those of the Italian Carlo Tacchini (24:54.53), winner of the bronze medal, the sports publication points out.
For her part, the young Yarisleidis Cirilo returned to the podium, after dominate two days ago the C1-200. Now, in the 500 meters, he couldn’t repeat that performance, but his 2:08.17 was enough to clinch the bronze medal.
Also on this day, kayakers Yurieni Guerra and Roberto Benítez competed for Cuba, who placed 12th and 24th in the K1-5000 in the women’s and men’s events, respectively.
With these results, Cuba finished in twelfth place in the medal table in Szeged, thanks to a medal of each color. The Cup was dominated by Hungary (4-2-5), followed by Spain (3-3-1) and Romania (3-0-0).
Now, the Cuban canoeists will travel in just days to a training base in Colombia, to continue their preparation there for the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador 2023, he says. Hit.
