the rower Agustín Vernice finished in fourth place in the K1 1000 meters Final A together with the Russian Uladzislau Kravets and achieved the best result for Argentine canoeing in the history of the Olympic Games.
Agustín Vernice achieved the best result in the history of Argentine canoeing at the Olympic Games. EFE
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He surpassed Javier Correa’s performance in Sydney 2000, a race in which he had finished fifth.
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“I gave it my all. It’s hard for me to recover when I have to race twice in such a short time. I was good from start to finish in the semi-final, but I wasn’t as fit in the final. My main goal was to be able to watch the competition again with my family and friends, something I couldn’t do after Tokyo because I wasn’t at all satisfied with my performance. Today I think I was able to beat my biggest enemy, which is me, because I was alone. That’s why this fourth place is like I’ve won a medal,” said Vernice as he got off his boat. “I feel very proud of what I’ve done, because the effort was huge. I’ve been away from home for four months, without being able to share a Sunday with my family eating a barbecue. That’s why I want to share this joy with them, with my family, with my girlfriend, with my friends and with everyone who witnessed this effort that I’ve been making to be able to continue giving joy to this sport that I love so much.”
Vernice, who arrived at Paris 2024 after a reallocation of places carried out by the International Canoe Federation after the 2023 World Championships in Germany, was 3.58 seconds away from reaching the bronze medal, and left the competition with an Olympic diploma.
Josef Dostal took the gold medal, 3:24:07, ahead of Hungarians Adam Varga (silver, 3:24:76) and Balint Kopasz (bronze, 3:25:68).