The paddler from Ibiza Bruno Garcia was yesterday awarded junior world runner-up in the K2 500 meter event of the Canoe Sprint World Championships held at the Montemor-o-Velho lake in Portugal. The young canoeist of the Club Nàutic Sant Antoni has won the silver medal along with his teammate Carlos García after finishing in second position in the final A of the distance with a time of 1:33.24. Victory was taken by the Russians Andrei Laskorunskii and Dmitrii Mamtsev, who have set a record of 1:31.26. The third place on the podium went to Hungarians Bence Ozsgyani and Gergo Keller.
Bruno García, who has been Spanish champion in minor categories, reaches his greatest sporting success with the Spanish team in the world championship, after having an excellent world championship, qualifying in the quarterfinals and in the semifinals in first position.
The competition does not end here for the paddler from Ibiza, as he also participates with the Spanish team in the K4 500 meters, again with Carlos Garcia, Ernesto Goribar from Cantabria and Mario Sanchez from Salamanca. Yesterday his canoe came in second place in his series, qualifying directly for the final to be held this morning.
The Spanish team will compete again with Russians, Germans, Hungarians and Slovaks for the medals, although according to the canoe coach of the CNSA, Eduardo Prendes, there are possibilities of recieving another metal: “Bruno has told us that in this qualifying event they have not given 100% because it was not necessary, since the first three of each heat qualified directly for the final”.
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