In Portugal, finished the first stage of the World Cup in canoeing and kayaking. The final day of the first stage of the World Cup in canoe and kayak, which takes the Portuguese Montemor-u-Velho, the Ukrainians put in the treasury of the team six more awards. After four medals on Saturday, our compatriots were able to take three gold, one silver and two bronze on Sunday. The initiative of the medal extravaganza was put by two Anastasii - Todorov and Gorlov. Our kayakers showed the third time in the arrival of duets at a distance of 200 meters. Winners - a pair of Lisa Harrington / Amy Fisher from New Zealand Ukrainian lost more than a second (+00: 01. 233). Just a little did not reach the podium kayaker Maria Kichasova in the final race at 200 meters. Slightly more than three-tenths of a second, the Ukrainian lost to Polka Marta Valcikevic in the battle for third place and became the fourth. The second bronze of the day was brought to Ukraine by a canoeist, namely Lyudmila Luzan. 20-year-old athlete from Ivano-Frankivsk became the third at a distance of 200 meters. Note that this is the second award for Luzan in Portugal - a day earlier she won a similar medal at the 500-meter mark, losing all the same Hungarian Enemy Ballet and Kinco Takach. The next three awards for Ukraine were exclusively gold. First kayaker Oleg Kuharik confidently won at a distance of 500 meters. And the nearest pursuer our sportsman has outstripped on the whole case. For Oleg this is the second gold at the current World Cup stage. On Saturday he became the best at a distance of 1000 m in pair with Vitali Turcan. The next award of the highest test for our country was won by the Olympic medalists Rio Dmitry Yanchuk and Taras Mischuk. The day before the canoeists took the second place at a distance of 1000 m, and already on Sunday our duet left behind all rivals on a shorter distance - 500 meters. Victory of the Ukrainians ended the final race of kayaks-fours at a distance of 500 meters. Moreover, our crew consisted of the indefatigable Oleg Kukharik, who won an hour earlier at a similar distance among singles. The company was formed by Kirill Chernomorov, Daniil Kuzmin and Igor Trunov. Ukrainians fought for the victory with rivals from Portugal and at the finish could be ahead of The very little was not enough for gold to our kayakers for the arrival of fours. At the same distance of 500 meters, the crew consisting of Maria Kichasova, Anastasia Gorlova, Anastasia Todorova and Inna Grishtun fought on an equal footing with the New Zealand team, alternately going forward.

But the final acceleration was slightly better for the representatives of the Southern Hemisphere, and our girls supplemented the collection of Ukrainian silver awards. The second stage of the World Cup will be held in the Hungarian city of Szeged from 26 to 28 May, and the third - June 2-4 in Belgrade. July 14-16 in Bulgaria's Plovdiv will host the European Championship, and from 23 to 28 August in Racice, Slovakia - World Cup.

Original article: Ukrainian oarsmen won ten medals at the World Cup in Portugal.