22. Jul 2018
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Canoe Sprint Champions start to appear

Canoe Sprint started yesterday but some of the finals took place today, in a beautiful morning at the Nautic Center of Montemor-o-Velho. 

 

The great winners of today's finals were the hosts of the event, the University of Coimbra, who won one gold and two silver medals. The Portuguese Olympic athlete Francisca Laia teamed up with David Varela and made it to the first place at K1 Mixed Realy 500m, while Bruno Afonso reached the silver at C1 Men 1000m. David came up to the podium one more time, after coming second at the K1 Men 1000m, after the Olympic champion Tom Liebscher (Technical University of Dresden).

 

The University of Mannheim had an incredible record as well winning one gold, one silver and one bronze this morning. Mozy State University (BLR) got one gold and one bronze completing the list of the top winners for today.

 

You can check all today's canoe sprint results here.

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