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27 August 2023, 15h33

Fernando Pimenta ficou em 2.º lugar no K1 5000 metros

Fernando Pimenta

Fernando Pimenta won this Sunday, August 27, the silver medal in K1 5000 meters. This way, the canoeist of Benfica ended his participation reaching the podium in all his races in the 2023 World Championships, in Duisburg.

With a strong start, the gold medalist in K1 1000m and bronze in K1 500m led the race from the beginning and imposed a strong pace during the six laps of the course.

Fernando Pimenta ended up losing the lead to Danish Mads Pedersen in one of the stops, when he had difficulties in starting when he returned to the water. The Portuguese canoeist finished with a time of 20:09.974 minutes against the 19:55,467 of the world champion.

Fernando Pimenta

At the end of the race, Fernando Pimenta congratulated João Ribeiro and Messias Baptista (his teammates at Benfica) for the K2 500 meters win.

Text: Editorial Staff
Photos: Portuguese Federation of Canoeing
Last update: Thursday, March 21, 2024

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