• K4 Craviotto and several Spanish paddlers emerge unscathed from an accident

Saúl Craviotto

is the active Spanish athlete with the most Olympic successes: gold and bronze in Rio 2016, silver in London 2012 and gold in Beijing in 2018. In addition, he is one of the most successful Spanish athletes in recent years with 20 medals in total between the Olympic Games and world and European canoeing championships. At the gates of the

Tokyo Olympics,

his name sounds like a Spanish flag bearer. "My name is on the table. They have only confirmed that there will be a double standard bearer. A man and a woman. After going to the Games and taking a medal, happiness, the peak of the Olympism, would be to be the standard bearer," he said. Craviotto.

At the press conference prior to the Seged World Cup - the only competition the team will play before traveling to the Japanese capital - Asturian coach

Miguel García

left the door open for Craviotto to compete in the K1-200 with Carlos Arevalo, in addition to the K4-500. According to the technician, the fact that "it continues to dive upwards" means that the option of presenting two boats remains on the table. Craviotto also joked about this possibility, which he refers to as "a plan B" that if it can be done by date and time it will serve "to make it difficult for an Arevalo who is now number one, and the one who walks the most in that distance".

The

Spanish

K4

, triple runner-up in the world, is preparing with the new boat to compete in the

Azeged World Cup

, after the accident suffered on the highway last February in which the previous boats were destroyed.

Canoeing was the sport that gave the most gold medals in the last Olympic Games, and this year there are also clear possibilities.

Of the four paddlers who will compete in Beijing in the Spanish team,

Carlos Arévalo

is the only one to make his debut.

Rodrigo Germade

in Rio was fifth with the K4 1,000, on the other hand,

Marcus Cooper Walz

managed to be Olympic champion in Rio in the K1 1,000.

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