Iñigo Peña wins gold in the K2-1000
Euskaraz irakurri: Iñigo Peñak urrea irabazi du K2-1000 test
Inigo Pena he has bathed gold this morning in the World championship that is being disputed in the town of Duisburg (Germany). The Gipuzkoan has taken part together with Pedro Vazquez in the final of the K2 in the distance of 1,000 meters and has taken the gold thanks to a great performanceespecially in the final part of the test.
They already qualified directly for the final, without having to compete in the semifinal by being first in the qualifying round, and then they showed their great potential. It has not been an easy season for the Gipuzkoan, who has faced new changes in a somewhat complex Olympic cycle after the event in which they competed today was left out of the Paris Olympic program.
In the European of Munich disputed last year Peña shone again in this event together with Paco Cubelos, in the European Games disputed in June in Krakow made it clear that he was in a great shape. Today it has become clear again. The Spanish team has a brilliant squad of canoeists and choosing among so many talents is sometimes difficult.
The end of K2-1000 It has developed as expected, with the Hungarians and Germans taking the initiative up to the middle of the race. Iñigo Peña and Pedro Vázquez have remained in the background, saving their strength and waiting for the decisive part. His initial minimum income (+0:18) with 250 meters to go has gradually increased, until completing the final run with more than a canoe margin over the Central Europeans. Peña and Vázquez have taken the gold with a time of 03:11.512. The silver has been for the Hungarians Bence Vajda and Tamas Szantoi and the bronze for the Germans Anton Winkelmann and Leonard Busch.
Iñigo Peña adds this gold to the eighth place obtained in the K1-500 meters in this Duisburg World Cup. This afternoon he will also play the semifinal of the K2-500 meters mixed next to Barbara Pardo.
Source: Eitb
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