Lazkano, Chourraut and Echániz qualify for the Oklahoma World Cup qualifiers in kayak cross

Mira Lazkano, Maialen Chourraut and Pau Echaniz, the three Basque representatives competing in kayak cross mode, have qualified for the qualifiers that will take place on Saturday. Mira Lazkano also had the podium close in today's counterclockwork, as the donostiarra was fourth , according to a statement from the Basque Team.

Lazcano has made a fairly clean and quick descent, with 51 seconds and 79 hundredths of the winner, Australian Jessica Fox, 0.74. She was very close to getting on the podium. Along with Fox, Czech Katerina Bekova (51.08) and British Lois Leaver (51.17) were among the top three.

Maialen Chourraut was 10thwith a mark of 52.93 (+1.88), while in the male category Pau Echaniz finished 27th with a time of 49.42, from the winner Joseph Clarke to 2.88.

At the end of the descent today, Lazkano, Chourraut and Echániz will be in the kayak cross qualifiers on Saturday .

All palists are suffering from the stifling heatin the Oklahoma City Canal, where water temperatures reach 30 degrees.

This Tuesdaywill be the qualifying round for male and female kayak,with Maialen Chourraut, Leire Goñi and Pau Echaniz .