A small group of Cuban canoeists won five medals this Sunday, including four gold in the World Cup of rafting held in Poznań, Polandaccording to official media on the island.
As happened a week ago at the stop of this event held in the Czech city of Racice, Yarisleidis Cirilo once again became the leader of the Cuban team and with three gold medals she practically established herself in the elite of the discipline worldwide. , according to a note posted by website Cubadebate (CD).
José Ramón Pelier added the fourth title of the Antillean squad, which had already won a bronze medal, and thus rounded off the second best historical performance of the Island in these contests during the last 15 years, the media outlet specifies.
? The best historical performances of #Cuba ?? in Canoeing World Cups ? in the last 15 years?
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2021 ??: 5-3-0
2022 ??: 4-0-1‼️
2022 ??: 2-2-1‼️
2017 ??: 2-1-0
2018 ??: 2-0-0
2019 ??: 2-0-0
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In the first final on Sunday, Cirilo teamed up with Katherine Nuevo to dominate the 500m C2 and repeat the crown they had won in the first phase of this season. The Antilleans stopped the clocks in 1:58.44 minutes, and left behind other boats, such as Poland (1:58.82) and Germany (1:59.29).
The publication reviews that the second title for the 20-year-old from Guantanamo came in the C1-200 m, the test where she was also champion a week ago in Racice. This time she beat the eight finalists, with a time of 46.85 seconds, slightly better than the world champion and Olympic finalist Katie Vincent (46.95) and fellow Canadian Sophia Jensen (47.28). In this test, Katherine Nuevo passed fifth with a mark of 47.47 seconds.
A while later, Cirilo and Nuevo rowed in the final of the C2-200 and they were also unstoppable with a time of 43.84 seconds, better than that of the Chinese, Olympic champions, Changwen Shuai and Wenjun Lin (44.52). They also surpassed the Germans Lisa Jahn and Sophie Koch (44.74), details the publication.
The fourth Cuban title of the date was provided by José Ramón Pelier in the C1-5000 m specialty, after reaching the finish line with a time of 24:03.62 minutes, while his compatriot and Olympic monarch in Tokyo 2020, Serguey Torres, again He showed class in this specialty and came in third with a time of 24:38.55.
There was also a Cuban presence in the final of the C2-500 m for men, in which the pair of Pelier and Tabiani Diéguez finished seventh with a time of 1:44.40 minutes. It is a modality that in the Olympic event in Paris 2024 will replace the C2-1000 m. This time the gold went to Poland (1:42.39), followed by Ukraine (1:43.12) and Lithuania (1:43.19), recalls CD.
Cuban rowers will seek nine medals in the Canoeing World Cup finals
Likewise, in the C1-1000 m Serguey (4:03.02) entered seventh place while Pelier (4:04.60) did so in ninth. The leader of the test was the renowned Czech Martin Fuksa (3:55.60), followed by the Romanian Catalin Chirla (3:56.22) and the Ukrainian Pavlo Altukhov (3:58.14), adds the information.
With this performance, Cuba consolidates a year of very good results, because only with the help of its canoeists —there was no presence in the kayak tests— the representatives of the Island ranked sixth in the medal table, behind powers like Germany (5-5-3), Poland (4-5-8), Ukraine (4-5-4), Canada (4-4-3) and Portugal (4-1-1).
