Maialen Chourraut, 41 years old, qualified to compete in his fourth consecutive Olympic K1 slalom final at the spectacular water park of the Olympic Games. from Paris. He will be able to try to add a fourth medal to his record in his fifth Olympic Games. after the bronze in London, the gold in Rio and the beach in Tokyo. But he had to chew and swallow the pain before signing.
The Basque woman came in tenth place out of 22 semi-finalists, and only 12 will have a place in the grand final. One shot, no second chance. Just new to him, the Brazilian Satila He completed the clean descent, marking the temporary lead with 102″23.
Maialen started slowly and, although he crashed into a few doors, he managed to avoid punishment. But at the finish line he scored 106”21, third only behind Satila and the New Zealander. Jones. That means that, of the 12 left to start, at least four have to do worse than the Basque. A small miracle.
The British forest it did not fail. Yes the Chinese Lee, there are only three holes left. The Slovenian Tercelj, despite conceding a goal, also defeated Chourraut. In favor of the Andorran Doria, who missed a door. Two more will fail, nine more will leave.
The Czech Mintalova, clean and fast. The Austrian Kuhnle came to the rescue: a knock on the door, a two-second penalty and four hundredths worse than Maialen. One more and it’s final. Still seven to compete.
The Italian horn, fast and flawless. The German funk, Olympic champion, one shot despite knocking on a red door. and the czech Galuskova He did the Chourraut the favor of his life, skipping gate 21, the penultimate, and putting the Basque in the fourth consecutive Olympic final of his career.
It doesn’t matter if he suffers and looks at the same time, because in the final we start from the beginning and it’s two rounds. Maialen did it again.
Source: La Verdad
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