The Cubans Yarisleidis Cirilo and Katherin Nuevo won the gold medal this Saturday in the women’s two-seater canoe event (C-2) at 200 meters, corresponding to the World Canoe Speed Championshipwith a stage on Lake Banook, in Halifax, Canadaaccording to official media on the island.
The Cuban duo won the final A with a time of 45.09 seconds, escorted by the Chinese Wenjun Lin and Changwen Shugai (45.24 seconds) and the Hungarians Giaba Bragato and Bianka Nagy (47.59 seconds), in that order, according to the report of the Cuban News Agency (ACN).
gold for #Cuba at Halifax Canoe World Championships. Yarisleidis Cirilo and Katherin Nuevo won the C2-200 meters and gave the Island the first title in the contest that will conclude this Sunday. #raftinghttps://t.co/yzNvSf5xrj pic.twitter.com/48KbvZA4Vo
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Cirilo and Nuevo also competed on the day in the final A of the C-2 at 500 meters, but they finished in ninth and last place in the test, with a time of 2:09.71 minutes, adds the information.
The gold, silver and bronze medals in this modality went to the Chinese Shixiao Xu and Mengya Sun (2:01.26 minutes), the Ukrainians Liudmila Luzan and Anastasiia Chetverikova (2:03.32 minutes) and the Hungarians Bragato and Nagy (2:04.70). minutes).
Cuban Yarisleidis Cirilo will be in three finals of the Canoeing World Cup
In the afternoon session, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion, Seguei Torres, with his new partner, Tibiani Diéguez, rowed in the final B of the C-2 at 500 meters, and entered the finish line in fifth position with a time of 1 :57.36 minutes.
That regatta was dominated by boats from Moldova, Brazil and the host country, according to the results at the official website of the universal appointment.
For tomorrow the closing of the contest of raftingand the Cuban Yarisleidis Cirilo will be among those who will take the start to fight for the prizes in the C-1 200 meters category.
