Mathilde Rosa star of the world championships with four medals

PAVIA

In Treignac, France, for the downhill canoe world championships, the star of Mathilde Rosa shone once again in the firmament of the specialty. In an extremely technical review among the rapids of the Vézère river, the Cus Pavia champion won four medals, excelling both in team and individual tests.

A flattering balance sheet

In the sprint races, which opened the event, Rosa wore the bronze in the K1 test, two seconds behind the winner, the French Manon Hostens, and the Czech Klara Vankova. The challenge with the athletes of France and the Czech Republic reappeared in the team competition where the Italian team (which in addition to the Cus champion also saw Cecilia Panato and the athlete of the Paddle College, Giulia Formenton), touched the ‘gold scoring the second best time behind France who for just 86 cents celebrated another title in front of the home crowd. Moving on to the classic specialty, Mathilde finished second in the individual race, giving way once again to French Hostens, who arrived at the world championship appointment in a state of grace. To the silver in K1, Rosa then added the team silver in a race that confirmed the transalpine dominance and the tricolor consistency. While missing the appointment with world gold, the French event has given Rosa the rank of champion of the canoe as the only athlete in the world capable of excelling in two disciplines. Two weeks after the exploit in the Speed ​​Canoe World Cup, with the women’s K4 finally competitive with the best crews in the world, the return to moving water was triumphant in a season that will still have to pass through the key events of speed where Mathilde wants to continue to amaze.

The men’s team, respectively fourth and fifth in the classic and in the sprint, with the Cussinis Andrea Bernardi and Francesco Ciotoli, and Giacomo Abbiati of the College della Pagaia did not get on the podium, but still gave life to the movement. –