The Cuban canoeists won two titles, the same number of silver medals and one bronze medal in the World Cup of rafting of Race 2022, in Czech Republic, which ended this Sunday according to official media on the Island.
Yarisleidis Cirilo won the title in the final A of the C1 at 200 meters on the closing date, and the Olympic champion of Tokyo 2020Serguey Torres, and the young José Ramón Pelier took silver and bronze, in that order, in the C1 category at 5,000 meters, a test that closed the curtains on the contest, according to a note published by the specialized site Hit.
Another gold for Cuban Cirilo in the World Cup #Rafting #Cuba accumulates two titles and a silver medal in the fight. https://t.co/VPgGZkDToL pic.twitter.com/VqKIhj8vjS
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The publication specifies that Cirilo, the most outstanding by the Cubans, entered the finish line with a time of 45.08 seconds, to relegate the Chinese Lin Wenjun (45.19) and the Canadian world champion Katie Vincent (45.19), who completed the podium.
Cirilo from Guantanamo thus added her second gold medal in the fight, since she had previously won the C2-200 meters test, along with her partner Katherine Nuevo. That happened during the second day of the contest that opened the 2022 season organized by the International Canoeing Federation (ICF), in which the pair of Cirilo and Nuevo finished in second position in the C2-500, adds the source.
details Hit that also on the day of goodbye, Torres (22:58.75 minutes) and Pelier (23:26.23) took silver and bronze. They escorted the Italian Carlo Tacchini in that order on the podium, with 22:58.19, far from the world record set at 20:27.350 since 2010 by the German Kurt Kuschela.
Before, in the final A of the C1-1000 Pelier was seventh with 3:51.80 minutes, while in the final B of the same modality and distance, Serguey anchored sixth with a time of 4:02.46, the source notes.
Thus, Cuba (two gold, two silver and one bronze) ranked sixth in the 2022 Race World Cup medal table, preceded by Spain (three-four-two), China (three-two-two) , Germany (three-two-one), Ukraine (three-two-one), and Poland (two-two-two), underline the middle.
Remember Hit that all the current winners, together with Tabiani Álvarez, who rows in the C2-500 with Pelier, will represent the Island in the second stop of the season, from the 26th to the 29th, at the 2022 Canoeing World Cup in Poznan, in Poland.
