The Spanish delegation made history yesterday at the Halifax Canoeing World Championship by leading the championship medal table with four gold medals for a total of eight overall, a result that greatly improves what was achieved in the previous championship held in Copenhagen in 2021 , in which they won three medals.
On the last day the star was the Galician Carlos Arévalo, who was proclaimed world champion in the K-1 200 and thus added his second gold after the one achieved the previous day with the K-4 500 together with Saúl Craviotto, Marcus Cooper and Rodrigo Germade. The one from Betanzos clearly dominated the test and beat the one who dominated the test in recent competitions, the Hungarian Kolos Csizmadia, who finished third. The Spanish canoeist set a time of 36.43 seconds, ahead of the Swedish Petter Menning, who came in at 28 hundredths. “It was a very good race, the perfect regatta. The icing on the cake. It is a huge satisfaction after sacrificing so many things. Life takes many turns, from being out of the national team to being world champion”, said the double gold in Halifax.
María Corbera also shone with her own light, achieving the feat of adding two medals in one day. The Madrilenian won the silver medal in the C-1 200 and the bronze in the C-1 5000.
Then came the turn for the C-4 500, made up of JoanMoreno, Pablo Graña, Manuel Fontán and Adrián Sieiro, who took advantage of the absence of Germany to prevail over the Poles and the Ukrainians and thus sign the fourth gold of the successful delegation. Spanish. The culmination of the championship was put by Paco Cubelos with a bronze in the last test that was held, the K-1 5000.
