A gold in K1 1000, a silver in K1 5000, a bronze in K1 500. Only once, and in one European edition, had Fernando Pimenta obtained three medals in the same organization of a major international competition (in this case excluding the World Cups). Now, in Halifax, that goal was already achieved between two silvers in the K1 1000 and mixed K2 500 with Teresa Portela and a bronze in the K1 500, the last two in a debut in terms of World Championships. But there was still one more final.
The year of experiences does not give up the medals: Fernando Pimenta wins silver in the mixed K2 500 with Teresa Portela in the World Championship
This time with a certain distance between decisive races compared to what happened this Saturday, in which he won two medals in the same number of races, Pimenta finished the K2 500 mixed race around 1:30 p.m. and returned to the water at 4:00 p.m.: 30 hours for the most that would put an end to the World Championships organized in Canada. A new medal would be equivalent to another historical chapter with four in a single edition when he already had it a total of 118 podiums in major events.
A photo finish decision: Fernando Pimenta wins the second medal in two hours and is runner-up in the K1 1000 world
The schedule for the next few weeks will not be easy, with the European sprint races taking place this month and the Marathon World Cups taking place in his city, Ponte de Lima, between the end of September and the beginning of October. However, and in a year described by himself as “experienced”, as was evident in these World Championships, there was that possibility of a new victory that ended did not happen due to a technical problem with the rudder, detected after going through the toll that led the athletes to carry the kayak by hand to the other side to continue the race.
Another medal for a collection of 100 words: Pimenta wins bronze medal in the K1 500 of the World Championship
Fernando Pimenta had already admitted before that he did not like this type of format with exit and re-entry into the water and that was when finished a race in which he was leading and with all the conditions to, in the worst case, win the fourth medal in these World Championships. The canoeist’s frustration was very evident when he stopped, went to members of the National Team and realized what had happened.
A cycle of gold closed with a silver: Fernando Pimenta becomes runner-up in the world of K1 5,000
So and after four consecutive editions always on the podium in K1 5,000 (gold in 2017 and 2018, bronze in 2019 and silver in 2021), Pimenta was excluded from the medals that went to the Swedish Joakim Lindberg (21.34.26), the German Tamas Grossmann (21.51.39) and the Spanish Francisco Cubelos ( 21.54.46). ). Bálint Noé, a Hungarian trying to defend the title, finished eighth (22.56.68).
Source: Observadora
