Dragon Boat championships success for Finestrat (Alicante) crew member Miryam Lloret

FINESTRAT resident Miryam Lloret won a bronze medal during the European Championships held recently in Banyoles (Girona).

Miryam is a memberof Spain’s national crew which competed in the 2,000 metre, 500 metre and 200 metre categories, obtaining their best result in the 200 metre race.

Originally planned for Kyiv, the championships had to be postponed owing to the Ukraine war.  Instead, 800 competitors converged on Banyoles from the UK, Norway, Italy, Sweden, Germany, Hungary, Cyprus, the Czech Republic and Ukraine as well as Spain at the beginning of September.

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