Carlos Arévalo direct to the final of the European Games with the K4

big day for Carlos Arevalo in Krakow (Poland), where the European Games are taking place. the one of Betanzos started the day on the Kryspinów channel together with his colleagues from the K4 500 meters —Saúl Craviotto, Marcus Cooper and Rodrigo Germade— with a victory in the heats of the test that sent them directly to the final, without having to go through the sieve of the semifinals that were played in the early afternoon. And at night, the man from A Coruña enjoyed the pride that it means to be, together with the handball player Patricia Encinas, the standard bearer for the entire Spanish delegation at the opening ceremony. Tomorrow Friday, Arévalo will complete his performance in the continental event in the fight for the medals.

Sport Gala of A Coruña and its Region: María de Valdés, Carlos Arévalo and Jacobo Garrido, the three aces of A Coruña sport

“We have reached the final. We are very happy with our regatta. It was a day to enter competition. The qualifiers are the first contact with the championship and the sensations have been very good and we have to keep fighting to continue like this”, Arévalo, who on Tuesday was chosen as the best athlete of 2022 in Sports Gala of A Coruña and its Region organized by LA OPINION. He precisely did not attend the celebration at the Ágora —although he sent a video from Poland to thank him for the award— because he was in Krakow to play this championship. the one of Betanzos and his companions were in the second series. In the first they had seen great equality between Hungary, who won with 1.21.238, Ukraine, second with 1.21.268, and Italy, third with 1.21.288; all three with a place in the final. But they left no room for doubt and clearly won the best time in the morning, 1.20.713, ahead of Latvia and Lithuania, who also went on to fight for the medals tomorrow.

The current world champions and Olympic runners-up opt for everything. And that sporting excellence —in 2022 he was the only Spanish canoeist in history capable of winning two gold medals in the same world event—, in addition to the fact that he is an athlete much loved by his peers, is what led him to be chosen to be the standard bearer at the inauguration that took place in the afternoon. “It’s a surprise, thank you very much. A true honour. It is a tremendous pride to carry the flag of my country and represent it in a competition like this, I am super happy and excited”, said the betanceiro in a video published by the COE on its social networks.

Enmanuel Reyes (boxing), Kuman Santiso (beach soccer) and Carlos Martínez (3×3), also in Krakow

Carlos Arévalo is not the only representative from A Coruña at the European Games in Krakow, where Enmanuel Reyes (boxing), Kuman Santiso (beach soccer) and Carlos Martínez (3-3) have also traveled with their respective national teams. In the case of the boxer, it is a very important competition for his most immediate future. Because the Cuban nationalized Spanish disputes the first qualifying test for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where he wants to repeat the experience after his diploma two years ago in Tokyo. The Prophet will compete in the heavyweight category, under 92 kilos, where his greatest rival will be the Italian Aziz Mouhiidine, who has just won silver in the last World Cup and who was the executioner of the Coruña native both in the European Championships last year and in the 2021 World Cup. Precisely, Reyes could not defend the bronze from two years ago in the appointment a few months ago in Tashkent, where he was left out of the positions of honor, so now he will want to make up for it in Krakow. The boxing competition doesn’t start until tomorrow, Friday. Before that, Carlos Martínez will debut in 3×3. The player from A Coruña, formerly of Básquet Coruña, is part of the Spanish team, drawn in group D. At 2:45 p.m. today they will face Latvia and at 4:10 p.m., Slovenia. The group stage will close tomorrow at 4:35 p.m. For Saturday there would be the direct crosses of the quarterfinals, semifinals and final. The last to get into action is beach soccer, which doesn’t start until next Tuesday. Kuman’s Spain was left in group A. Portugal (Tuesday), Poland (Wednesday) and Azerbaijan (Thursday) are their rivals.

2023-06-22 04:01:13
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