PR congratulates world marathon canoeing champions in C2 junior

O President of the Republic today congratulated canoists Duarte Cunha and Gabriel Fernandes for the world title of C2 junior in the World Marathon Canoeing Championships in Argentina, proof that he gave Portugal the seventh medal in the competition.

In a message published on the page of the Presidency of the Republic, António José Seguro highlighted the exhibition of the duo in the World Championships, stressing that the triumph “translates talent, determination and dedication”.

The head of state also highlighted the achievement of Gabriel Fernandes, who joined the title of C2 junior to the world champion of C1 junior, won in the same competition.

António José Seguro considered that the victory of the two athletes “fills all Portuguese with pride, confirms the vitality of the national canoeing and the quality of the training work developed in the country”, an inspiring example for the new generations of sportsmen.

The President of the Republic extended his congratulations to the coaches, to the technical team, to the athletes' clubs, to the Portuguese Canoeing Federation and to the families, also welcoming the entire national team, which adds seven medals in the Worlds.

Duarte Cunha and Gabriel Fernandes won gold today in the Junior C2 race, completing the course at 1:09.21.66 hours, ahead of the Hungarians Vince Toth and Akos Takács, second ranked, at 1:10.16.51, and the Spanish Álvaro Pedrosa and Adrián Hermelo, third, at 1.11.03.32.

Portugal also adds the gold of Gabriel Fernandes and Maria Sousa's bronze in the Junior C1 competitions, Ricardo Coelho's silver in the short C1 race, Fernando Pimenta's bronzes, in the short K1 race, and Martim Conceição, in the short K1 junior race, and Leonardo Barbosa's silver in C1 sub-23.