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“We are very happy, both with the result and with the method…” explained Hermine Peters. “I think it was our best race of the season, even better than two weeks ago, at Worlds in Halifax. And it’s a good thing that this race with a silver medal.”
In Canada, the two Limburgers won the bronze medal.
“We followed our race plan and managed our efforts well…” Lize Broekx continues. “We’ve been in the lead for a while. It’s not our habit. In general, we start slower, then pick up speed. In second place, we did our best. Of course we hope to beat the Poles, but we are not worried about that at the moment. We want to improve all year and so far we’ve achieved it.”
A few minutes earlier, Artur Peters won the bronze medal in the K1 1000 metres. In 3:32.401, the Limburger were defeated by Hungarian Kopasz, world and Olympic champion, European champion (3:29.898), and Portugal’s Pimenta (3:31.964).
“Getting on the podium was my goal. So I am very happy with this bronze!” says Artur Peters. “Of course, we started with a win, but the competition was tough. I was one meter behind the Portuguese at the end. He started very, very strong, while I was running my race. Almost perfect. Germany’s Thordsen also started fast, but I managed to catch up.”
For Artur Peters, this is his second European bronze after he won last year. In the coming years, the 25-year-old from Limburg hopes to improve even more.
“Kupasz is very strong, but I think everyone can win. Gold should be possible one day. I will continue to train hard. Next year we have picks for the Paris Games. I can’t wait to get my ticket to Paris 2024…” concludes the man who already participated At the Olympic Games in Rio (11) and Tokyo (10).
