Cuban Pair qualifies to the Rio 2016 Olympic Canoeing Final

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug 19 (acn) The Cuban pair of Serguey Torres and Fernando Dayan Jorge advanced today to the finals of the men´s C-2 1000 meters in the canoeing competitions of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games taking place in this Brazilian city.

The Cuban duet won their semifinal heat with time of 3: 40,192 minutes, ahead of Uzbeks Gerasim Kochnev and Serik Mirbekov (3: 40,772), and Russians Ilia Shtokalov and Ilya Pervukhin (3: 42,127), who also guaranteed their presence in the medals discussion, scheduled for Saturday.
The Ukrainian duo Dmytro Ianchuk-Taras Mishchuk (3: 38,384) led the second semifinal heat, escorted by Czechs Jaroslav Radon- Filip Dvorak (3: 42,166) and Hungarians Henrik Vasbanyai- Robert Mike (3: 56,126).
The lists of crews qualified to the final also includes the German duo of Sebastian Brendel-Jan Vandrey and Brazilians Erlon de Souza Silva and Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos, leaders of the two preliminary heats with times of 3: 33,482 and 3: 33,269 minutes respectively.
Cubans Torres and Jorge reached the semifinal stage when finishing second in their qualifying heat with time of 3: 34,939 minutes, only surpassed by Germans Brendel and Vandrey.
Cuba was also present today at Rio 2016 canoeing tournament in the men´s kayak (K-1) 200 meters event through Fidel Antonio Vargas, who was eliminated after concluding seventh in his preliminary series with time of 35,561 seconds.