Gabriel Fernandes wins gold and Maria Sousa bronze in the marathon canoeing World Championships

Gabriel Fernandes won gold and Maria Sousa bronze at the Canoeing Marathon World Championships, marking Portugal's first medals in the event. Fernandes finished the junior C1 race in 55:57.74, narrowly beating Czech Danylo Martynenko. Sousa secured bronze in the women's junior event with a time of 1:04.09.40. Portugal also qualified seven athletes for the K1 finals, although the short race finals were postponed due to bad weather. The Portuguese team, consisting of 15 athletes, is competing in Argentina until Sunday.