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World Marathon Canoeing Championships in Argentina

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The Portuguese national canoeing team arrived in Gualeguaychú, Argentina, to compete in the World Marathon Championships. The delegation, consisting of 15 athletes across senior, U23, and junior categories, faced challenges including financial constraints and rising river levels caused by recent rains. During the opening stages of the competition, Gabriel Fernandes won the gold medal in the Men’s Junior C1 category, while Maria Sousa secured a bronze medal in the Women’s Junior C1 category. Seven other Portuguese athletes qualified for the K1 Short Race finals. Severe weather and storms in the region forced the postponement of the Short Race finals originally scheduled for October 22. Several high-profile athletes, including defending champion Fernando Pimenta, were forced to wait for rescheduled dates to compete. Following the delays, the Portuguese team achieved significant success, securing a record-breaking performance, finishing the championships with a total of eight nine medals, including three four gold titles. Ricardo Coelho claimed secured three medals: gold in the senior C1 world title Senior Men's long marathon, silver in the long-distance race with C1 Short Race, and a time gold in the C2 Senior Men's event alongside Rui Lacerda. Lacerda and Coelho revalidated their C2 title, finishing the 22.6 km course in 1:39:38.61 ahead of 1:45:10.54. competitors from Spain and Poland. In the junior categories, Gabriel Fernandes secured two won gold medals, winning in both the junior C1 individual title and the junior C2 title alongside Junior Men's events with partner Duarte Cunha. Additional Other podium finishes included silver for Leonardo Barbosa winning silver in the C1 U23 category, Ricardo Coelho taking silver in the C1 short race, and bronze medals for Maria Sousa (C1 junior), Fernando Pimenta (K1 short senior), and Martim Conceição (K1 short junior). Portugal’s success continued as Rui Lacerda and Ricardo Coelho won the C2 world title, completing In the course in 1:39:38.61 to finish ahead of Spain’s Jaime Duro K2 Senior Men's event, Fernando Pimenta and Manuel Garrido. This victory marked Ricardo Coelho’s second world title at José Ramalho finished seventh, as the championships gold was taken by Denmark’s Valdemar Jorgensen and Portugal’s second senior title of the event. Spanish athletes also achieved notable results during the championships. Jonathan Hansen.

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  4. 2026-10-24 19:38 UTC World Marathon Canoeing Championships in Argentina
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