Teresa Portela gave a great performance at the Canoe World Cup. The athlete is already one and a half steps away from the seventh Olympic Games. K4 500 of which it is a part with Carolina García of Pontevedra of Astury Sara Ouzande and Estefanía Fernández from Extremadura won the series and will reach the final on Friday. They are currently already classified (ten tickets are being handed out for the Games at this World Cup), but the rules require that three continents be represented in the final. This is how it all looks and Mexico and New Zealand will advance to the semi-finals, which Spain has avoided. It would be right there. Otherwise they will have to win in the final and everything looks like this because the Spanish team is ready to fight for the World Cup by showing an extraordinary level. With the place at hand, the Federation must decide on the process of selecting the four members of the team, but nothing will change the current composition of the team.
Another big name of the day is Antía Jácome. One of the toughest weekend schedules awaits him, but he often fails to deliver on his commitments. She won the three tests she competed yesterday. C1 started with 200 meters and secured semi-final ticket; continued with the C2 200 with María Corberá; and most importantly, it ended with the C2 500, where the Olympic place was in jeopardy and the woman from Pontevedra was the main target at this World Cup.
The current world champions in the Men’s K4 500m race were also announced: Saul Cravioto, Carlos Arévalo, Marcus Cooper and Rodrigo Germade. They finished second in the knockout qualifiers as they lost only to the Serbian team that competed the fastest among the four teams. They will compete in the third semi-final at 11:54 on Friday, and only the top three will advance to the final at 15:56 in the afternoon.
In addition, on this first day and outside of the Olympic events, Diego Domínguez, olympic C1 1000 meters raceHe reached the semi-finals on Thursday. Cristina Soutelo also competed in the same distance and reached the semi-finals by placing fourth.
The Ciudad de Pontevedra EP couple, Pablo Crespo and Martín Jácome, completed the C2 1000m test in third place, securing their place in the semi-finals. Pedro Vázquez, together with Iñigo Peña, managed to qualify directly to the K2 1000m final after intense competition with the German team.
Finally, rower Adrián Sieiro of Náutico O Muiño finished third in the C1 500m test.