#BenficaCanoeing #CanoagemBenfica Fernando Pimenta wins the goldmedal K 1000 Pedro Casinha won the K1 200m gold medal PedroJoao Ribeiro and Messias Baptista have extended their contracts until 2029, Gustavo Goncalves signed with #Benfica

 

Canoeing | Fernando  Pimenta wins the gold medal in the World Cup! Our athlete won the K1 1000m in Szeged, Hungary, beating Hungarian Kopasz by just 8 hundredths. Pedro Casinha also climbed the top  in the K1 200m.

Canoeing: Pedro Casinha won, in K1 200m, the gold medal at the Speed World Cup! #CanoagemBenfica #BenficaOlímpico

Canoeing  João Ribeiro and Messias Baptista have extended their contracts with Sport Lisboa e Benfica until December 2029. The continuation of the duo represents the maintenance of a competitive project with clear ambitions for the Olympic cycle leading up to Los Angeles 2028.

Benfica officially announced on Saturday the signing of Gustavo Gonçalves, a 22-year-old canoeist who, in August of last year, became world champion in the K4 500 meters alongside João Ribeiro, Messias Baptista, and Pedro Casinha, who recently renewed their contracts with the Lisbon club.

"I am fortunate and privileged to be able to achieve this in my life. It started with family influences, I grew, I improved, and fortunately, step by step, also thanks to hard work, belief, and many people who helped me get here, I managed to reach the level I am at and I intend, as long as I can, to continue doing this in my life," Gustavo Gonçalves began by saying in statements on Benfica's official website, showing his pride: "It's a very special and significant step in my career."