• The internal controversy that left Spain without gold in the K4 "We could not prepare 100%"

  • Silver in the K4 Spain is two tenths of the top of canoeing

Like him,

David Cal

won five medals, but one gold. Like him,

Joan Llaneras

got two golds, but four in total. No matter where you look, since yesterday

Saúl Craviotto

is the best Olympic athlete in the history of Spain. Two golds, two silver and one bronze, five medals. A record that will remain for a long time because those who are still on the lookout, such as

Mireia Belmonte, Rafa Nadal, Maialen Chourraut, Pau Gasol or Rudy Fernández, are

already one age and there are no young people with more than two metals at home.

"I don't even know what to say. Being the most successful, I don't know, it's difficult to compare sports. I am very excited to tie medals with Cal because he was my idol, a great friend and, well, for me Cal is the god of canoeing, "said Craviotto, the happiest of the K4 components who even tried to convince the rest, especially

Carlos Arévalo,

of the importance of silver despite the tight defeat against Germany. "We have an incredible group, the best coach in the world, the best teammates and we are all united. We have done the race of our lives, the Germans have been better and this is sport," he commented among Germans celebrating their gold, some of them friends of yours.

Ronald Rauhe

In fact, the most veteran, approached him and asked for a photo, a champion with a runner-up, after a lifetime of beating each other.

"Five or six months of vacation"

Many of the questions to Craviotto were directed to a possible retirement, at 36, after four appearances in the Games, but he denied the largest. "Now I am going to be on vacation for five or six months, I will rest a lot on my head, which I need, I will be with my girls and then it will be a year and a half until the Games. Paris is close, you can even get there from Asturias by car" Craviotto joked, but left a meaningful message: "If the youngsters let me, I'll be there." And he was right. In reality, Craviotto's presence as part of K4 depends more on his teammates than on himself. The bet since the Rio 2016 Games for the team boat was very daring and now it will be necessary to see if

Marcus Walz

, Carlos Arévalo and

Rodrigo Germade

They want to give back all their options to get a gold to a very complicated fight against Germany.

Walz resigned from the K1 1000, the category in which he was champion at the 2016 Rio Games, and may be interested in returning. Arévalo or Germade could find the new distance attractive, the K2 500, easy to combine even with that K4 500. There are still many candidates, such as the complainant

Carlos Garrote or Cristian Toro

, who have the skills to qualify for the Paris 2024 Games And so there are several variants that stem from the success that, in principle, the Spanish Federation wants to bet everything on team kayaking again. Without that K4 500, Craviotto's position would be complicated, again in solitude, over long distances, a somewhat demotivating future, but who knows. After all, since yesterday, no matter where you look, he is the best Olympic athlete in the history of Spain.

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