Alvalade Canoe star continues run of brilliant form

The Portuguese pairing of Francisca Laia (Sporting CP) and Teresa Portela (Benfica) claimed the K2 200m gold medal in the third stage of this year's Canoe World Cup this week, taking place in Belgrade.

Portela and Laia finished in a time of 38.208s, beating the Australian duo of Brigden-Jones and Jaime Roberts by 44 hundredths of a second.