Higinio Rivero gets the ticket for the Paris Games
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Higinio Rivero has achieved the main objective with which he attended the sprint canoeing World Championship that takes place in the German town of Duisburg. The Biscayne has finished in sixth position the final A of the VL2-200 meters and has thus secured the pass to the Paris 2024 Games. Those in the French capital will be the second Games for the canoeist with a scholarship from the Basque Team Foundation after also competing in Tokyo, where he obtained a diploma for his sixth place.
At the Duisburg World Cup, Higinio started being second in his qualifying session. He marked a time of 54,236entering the finish line behind the Brazilian Igor Alex Tofalini, and ahead of the representatives of Canada, Hungary, Japan, Thailand and Germany.
In the semifinal his performance even better. He stopped the clock in the 53,437 and won his heat, ahead of the Ukrainian Andrii Kryvchun (54.383), the British Edward Clifton, the Hungarian Tamas Juhasz, the Italian Marius-Bogdan Ciustea, the German Anas Al Khalifa, the Thai Santi Wantawee and the Japanese Yuta Takagi.
Today in the final Higinio has not been able to fight for the medals but has ensured his presence at the 2024 Paris Games, at the end sixth with a mark of 54,137. The gold and silver of the World Cup have gone to the hands of the Brazilians Fernando Rufino de Paulo and Igor Alex Tofalini, and the bronze has been won by the American Steven Haxton.
“I tried ahead but it was hard at the end. I was up to 100 in the fight for the medals but because of the wind and the water, which was hard, I had a bit of a puncture at the end. I’m happy because we qualified for Paris 2024 and so we have the peace of mind to work to have time to work on it next year and be in the fight for the medals” Rivero told the communication team of the Spanish Canoeing Federation after finishing the race.
The Basque Team athlete begona lazcano He is also chasing the Olympic dream and his options are still intact. Today he has qualified for the final A of the K2-500 meters next to Laia Pelachs, and if tomorrow they enter between the top sixthey will get the ticket.
Source: Eitb
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