Ramalho and Pimenta are European champions in K2

Canoeists José Ramalho and Fernando Pimenta were crowned European K2 marathon champions today, the ninth podium for the Portuguese team in Ponte de Lima. The three-time K2 World Champion duo, who only made their European debut this year, won by completing the 29.8 kilometres in 02:01.57 hours, beating Hungarians Adrian Boros and Tamas Erdelyi by two seconds and Spaniards Miguel Llorens and Alberto Plaza by five. In this event, the other Portuguese duo, Francisco dos Santos and João Sousa, finished in seventh place. On Friday, Pimenta had already been crowned European champion in the short K1 race, of 3.4 kilometres, in which the bronze went to José Ramalho, who took silver on Saturday in the 29.8 kilometres of K1. This was Portugal's ninth podium finish in the European Championships, and its fourth gold.

Also today, but in the morning, Maria Rei from Aveiro, paired with Maria Pereira Gomes, was fourth in the K2 long distance race, completing the 26 kilometre distance in 2h00m50s in a race in which the European title was won by Hungarians Zsofia Szerafin and Vanda Ksiszli.

Canoeists José Ramalho and Fernando Pimenta were crowned European K2 marathon champions today, the ninth podium for the Portuguese team in Ponte de Lima. The three-time K2 World Champion duo, who only made their European debut this year, won by completing the 29.8 kilometres in 02:01.57 hours, beating Hungarians Adrian Boros and Tamas Erdelyi by two seconds and Spaniards Miguel Llorens and Alberto Plaza by five. In this event, the other Portuguese duo, Francisco dos Santos and João Sousa, finished in seventh place. On Friday, Pimenta had already been crowned European champion in the short K1 race, of 3.4 kilometres, in which the bronze went to José Ramalho, who took silver on Saturday in the 29.8 kilometres of K1. This was Portugal's ninth podium finish in the European Championships, and its fourth gold.

Also today, but in the morning, Maria Rei from Aveiro, paired with Maria Pereira Gomes, was fourth in the K2 long distance race, completing the 26 kilometre distance in 2h00m50s in a race in which the European title was won by Hungarians Zsofia Szerafin and Vanda Ksiszli.

Canoeists José Ramalho and Fernando Pimenta were crowned European K2 marathon champions today, the ninth podium for the Portuguese team in Ponte de Lima. The three-time K2 World Champion duo, who only made their European debut this year, won by completing the 29.8 kilometres in 02:01.57 hours, beating Hungarians Adrian Boros and Tamas Erdelyi by two seconds and Spaniards Miguel Llorens and Alberto Plaza by five. In this event, the other Portuguese duo, Francisco dos Santos and João Sousa, finished in seventh place. On Friday, Pimenta had already been crowned European champion in the short K1 race, of 3.4 kilometres, in which the bronze went to José Ramalho, who took silver on Saturday in the 29.8 kilometres of K1. This was Portugal's ninth podium finish in the European Championships, and its fourth gold.

Also today, but in the morning, Maria Rei from Aveiro, paired with Maria Pereira Gomes, was fourth in the K2 long distance race, completing the 26 kilometre distance in 2h00m50s in a race in which the European title was won by Hungarians Zsofia Szerafin and Vanda Ksiszli.