Pimenta is the long-distance champion for the 17th consecutive time, but “there is still a lot to win”

Canoeist Fernando Pimenta, from Ponte de Lima, was crowned national long-distance champion today in Mirandela for the 17th consecutive time, but he believes that “there is still a long way to go, a long way to go”. Pimenta, who represents Benfica, finished the five-kilometer K1 race in 19.54 minutes, while José Ramalho, from Clube Náutico de Prado (Vila Verde), who came second, was 3.28 seconds behind the athlete from Limeira. Through a video pu…