Lourenço Viveiros wins two European Stand Up Paddle titles in two days
Lourenço Viveiros won two titles at the European Stand Up Paddle Championship, winning the junior sprint and technical race events held in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece. The Madeiran athlete, from Ludens Clube de Machico, confirmed his status as one of the country's top prospects in the sport. The first gold came in the sprint event. The following day, Viveiros returned to the top of the podium in the technical race after being the fastest in the qualifiers and semi-finals. In the final of the second event, Lourenço Viveiros won with a time of 5:50.5, ahead of Italian Gianluca Corriero, who finished second with 6:01.3. Greek athlete Manos Farsaris completed the podium with a time of 6:04.0. This double European victory confirms the competitive progress of the young Madeiran, who had already won a silver medal in the junior technical race at the 2025 Stand Up Paddle World Championships in Abu Dhabi.
