Los rowers Spaniards Rodrigo Conde and Aleix García won the silver medal in double sculls this Sunday at the European Championships in Munich (Germany), which are held until August 21 and which host nine different sports.
The Spanish ship reached first the 500 meters at the Olympic Regatta Center in the Bavarian capitalbut before the halfway point of the test he gave in to the Croatian brothers Martin and Valent Sinkovic, who took the gold after finishing in first position after the 2,000 total meters (6:35.93).
Two and a half seconds later, the Spanish duo crossed the finish line (6:38.46), while the Lithuanians Armandas Kelmelis and Dovydas Nemeravicius took the bronze.
In this way, Spain adds its second medal in rowing on the last day, after the bronze achieved on Saturday by Jaime Canalejo and Javier García in the final of two without coxswain.
Also, Virginia Diazwho was looking for his fourth podium in a European, finished fifth in the women’s scull final 19 seconds behind the new championthe Dutch Karolien Florijn, and in the Paralympic mixed PR3 final A, the boat made up of Josefa Benítez, Jorge Pineda, Enrique Floriano, Verónica Rodríguez and Leonor García was fifth.
