Alvalade canoe star finishes fourth in Germany

Francisca Laia has booked her place in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, where she will feature in the K1 200 canoe event after a superb showing in Germany this week.

The 21-year old, who is also studying medicine, would have needed to have finished in the top two, however the 1st and 3rd place finish by the already qualifies Germany and Slovakian athletes meant that Laia's 4th place was enough.