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Viana do Castelo, located in the northern part of Portugal, hosted the Canoe Marathon World Cup race. The competition saw both short races as well as traditional canoe marathon events. Fourteen sets of medals have been given to the best paddlers of the weekend and all but one of them went to European paddlers. Liudmyla Babak (UKR) won two gold medals in women’s C1, Vanda Kiszli (HUN) was equally successful in women’s K1 event and Jose Ramalho (POR) in men’s K1. In junior category Ronan Foley (IRL) celebrated wins in short race and traditional marathon event, and Florence Duffield (GBR) did the same in women’s junior K1 event. Her teammate Georgia Carmichael was second in the same event on both occasions and William Scammel from Great Britain also picked up two silver medals in junior events.

The 2018 ECA Canoe Marathon European Championships in Metković, Croatia, will start on 4^th July.

 

 

RESULTS

K1W Junior – Short race

1. Florence Duffield GBR

2. Georgia Carmichael GBR

3. Lena Rohlings GER

K1M Junior – Short race

1. Ronan Foley IRL

2. William Scammel GBR

3. Alexander McIntyre GBR

C1W – Short race

1. Liudmyla Babak UKR

2. Maria Ramal ESP

3. Madeline Mitchell CAN

C1M – Short race

1. Manuel Campos ESP

2. Rui Lacerda POR

3. Adam Docze HUN

K1W – Short race

1. Vanda Kiszli HUN

2. Zsofia Czellai – Voros HUN

3. Renata Csay HUN

K1M – Short race

1. Jose Ramalho POR

2. Barry Watkins IRL

3. Adrian Boros HUN

K1W Junior

1. Florence Duffield GBR

2. Georgia Camichael GBR

3. Lena Rohlings GER

C1M Junior

1. Leonardo Vicente POR

2. Luis Varajao POR

3. Jorge Velez ESP

K1M Junior

1. Ronan Foley IRL

2. William Scammel GBR

3. Tiago Henriques POR

C1W

1. Liudmyla Babak UKR

2. Maria Ramal ESP

3. Ksenia Bezrodnikh RUS

C1W Junior

1. Ana Rodrigues POR

2. Paula Dominguez ESP

3. Sofia Peixoto POR

K1W

1. Vanda Kiszli HUN

2. Eva Barrios ESP

3. Zsofia Czellai – Voros HUN

C1M

1. Adam Docze HUN

2. Rui Lacerda POR

3. Nuno Barros POR

K1M

1. Jose Ramalho POR

2. Miguel Llorens ESP

3. Adrian Boros HUN

 

 

Photo: Facebook page Canoe Marathon Portugal