The fate of the I Ciutat de Palma de Palma de Canoeing has already been decided. This Saturday, the Parc de la Mar will be the scene of a sporting “experience” in which 32 athletes will find themselves who have accumulated more than 30 Olympic medals and 380 international podiums to compete over a unique distance, adapted to the possibilities offered by the artificial lake located at the foot of Palma Cathedral.
The Real Club Náutico de Palma (RCNP), organizer of the event, today hosted the official opening ceremony, during which the athletes who will compete to register their name in the prize list of the ua proof that aspires to become “a sporting reference for the city” and on a platform for the dissemination of canoeing”, the discipline which brought the most medals, closely followed by sailing, to the Spanish Olympic record, he recalled. Alexandre Lopezvice-president of the RCNP.
López highlighted the fact that the Parc de la Mar, work of the architect Pere Nicolau, was inaugurated by the kings of Spain and then mayor of Palma, Ramón Aguiló, on October 12, 1984, 40 years ago. “The lake located under the Cathedral has been an icon of our city for four decades. By chance, because it was not premeditated, our first Ciutat de Palma de Palma de Canoeing coincided with this very important anniversary; I hope this is a good omen,” said the RCNP vice-president.
Miquel Busquets, The security advisor of Palma City Hall, on behalf of the municipality, declared that the I Ciutat de Palma It’s an event that has come to stay and he was convinced that the addition of a solvent organizer like the RCNP and the framework offered by the Parc de la Mar guaranteed the success of the competition, the reception of which was magnificent from the participants.
Carlos Borrascoordinator of the event, announced the format of the competition, consisting of a 300 meter sprint starting and finishing at the same pointand a ciaboga halfway along the route, and presented one by one to the 16 men and 16 women that from 9am tomorrow Saturday, they will look to qualify for the semi-finals and the grand final in the afternoon. He also revealed the first couples, including the heat in which two of the best Spanish canoeists of all time will compete, six-time Olympic medalist Saul Craviotto and local Marcus Cooper, winner of three awards. Ekaitz Sallesrepresentative of Padle Games, stated that The Ciutat de Palma is to canoeing what the Monaco Grand Prix is to Formula 1, bringing the excitement of the competition to the city center.
Among the athletes who traveled to Mallorca for the Ciutat de Palma are 12 Olympic medalists and as many world and European champions. Note the presence of the four members of the Spanish K4 who won bronze in Paris (with the Craviotto And Cooperin addition to Carlos Arevalo And Rodrigo Germádé), and the German triple medalists Tom Liebesher And Jacob Schopfand the Portuguese Fernando Pimenta. Female representation is led by Poles Anna Puławska and the Germans Paulina Paszek And Jule Merlueach of whom won two medals in Paris.
Some of the 32 athletes who will participate in this first edition of the Ciutat de Palma Canoe Trophy They took advantage of this morning to test the waters of the Parc de la Marthe stage where the competition will take place tomorrow.
As a local representative, the canoeist of the Real Club Náutico de Palma, Carla Vey, He was optimistic after his training: “We used marathon boats, which weigh around 8 kilos and are much lighter than the ones I usually use, which weigh between 12 and 13 kilos. Since the space is small, the waves bounce more and it is somewhat unstable, But the truth is that it went better than I expected.
