Havana, April 26 (ACN)-- Cuban kayaker Daylen Rodríguez won the bronze medal in the single-seater (K1) at 500 meters, in the direct final of the Pan American Speed Canoe Championship, based in the American city of Sarasota, Florida .
With that result, Daylen recorded a creditable performance, with a time of 01:53.576 minutes, but she was left without one of the two tickets in dispute for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The Argentine Brenda Rodríguez (01:51.376) and the Brazilian Ana Paula Vergutz (01:52.881) concluded with the quotas and the gold and silver medals, respectively.
According to the International Federation site www.canoeicf.com/es, from fourth to eighth finished the American Elena Wolgamot (01:54.860), the Chilean Ysumy Orellana (02:01.813), the Ecuadorian Setefanie Marilin Perdomo (02:02.992) , the Honduran Carolina Daibert (02:03.686) and the Guatemalan Nataly Alessandra González (02:15.865).
On Wednesday, Cuban canoeist José Remón Pelier also achieved the place for the Parisian multi-sport event and with the title of the C1 single-seater at a thousand meters, by stopping the clocks at 03:51.003 minutes, a performance with which he confirmed his status as favorite. of the.
As expected, the other place in the C1 at a thousand meters was obtained by the Canadian Connor Fitzpatrick (03:55.344), who deserved the silver medal, followed by the Venezuelan Sergio David Díaz (03:57.791).
In the morning session on Wednesday, the man from Guantanamo, originally from the municipality of Baracoa, also demonstrated superiority in the number one eliminatory heat with a time of 04:03.671 minutes.
In that phase he finished ahead of the Venezuelan Díaz (04: 11.130) and the Chilean Michael Martínez (04: 13.883), in that order, while Fitzpatrick advanced to the final as the champion of heat two.
