Skating Federation of Portugal
Jessica Rodrigues
Triple afternoon historical for Portuguese sport, highlighting the female aspect, especially for junior Jessica Rodrigues.
At the sport, Portugal had a historic afternoon this Sunday, February 9, 2025. Historical afternoon to triple.
We started with the national teams and the Women’s Basketball: For the first time, Portugal will be in the final phase of a European senior.
The Portuguese Women’s Basketball Team achieved an unprecedented qualification for the 2025 European Championship, by ensuring the second place in the G Group G of Qualification, by beating the Serbia by 57-40, in Coimbra.
With this victory, before an opponent without loss, Portugal ended the calculation phase as the BEST SECOND CLASSIFIED Of the eight groups, ensuring one of the four vacancies for the selections with this classification.
Portugal, which had been beaten by Serbia 71-37 three months ago‘Avenged’ this defeat and equaled the group winner (which was already cleared), adding 11 points.
The unprecedented Portuguese presence will take place at the 40th edition of the female Eurobasket, which will be played between June 18 and 29, by 16 teams, including the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Greece hosts.
Râguebi
In the male aspect, the Portuguese team of râguebi ensured the qualification for the World Australia2027.
Will be your third presence in 11 editions of the competition – and the first time it is clear to two editions in a consecutive wayalready after the presence in France 2023, where for the first time.
Portugal guaranteed the qualification through a victory for enlightening numbers about the Germany (56-14) In Lisbon, in the meeting of the second round of the European European Championship 2025 (REC25).
A week after defeating Belgium, also at the Restelo Stadium, the Portuguese team showed, this time, that the Germans are not the same ‘championship’ either and assured, now, one of the first two places in Group B.
It should be noted that the qualification was a little easier now, compared to the previous World Cup: for the first time, a Rangi World Championship will have 24 teams (not 20) And so there was a place for two more European teams.
Skating
The vast majority of sports supporters in Portugal see the Summer Olympic Games – even if it’s just a modality.
The vast majority of sports fans in Portugal do not see the winter Olympic games – you don’t even know what modalities are practiced in this wind.
For obvious reasons, Portugal has no resume in winter sports, snow, ice.
Or I didn’t have.
The Portuguese Jessica Rodrigues he was wolfled Junior World Speed Speed World Championin the discipline of mass start.
The achievement in Collalbo, Italy, was the First world title for Portugal in winter sports.
The 18 -year -old Madeiran skaters entered the history of national ice sports, in a race where Lusa Francisca Henriques was also fourth.
Jessica Rodrigues was over the competition with 32 pointssurpassing the Spanish Rodríguez Cornejo (21) and the American Marley Soldan (10), with Francisca Henriques adding six points.
“The race at the beginning was a bit confusing because the platoon was divided into two groups. I decided to protect myself to the final sprint and, when a lap was missing, I went well for the final stretch, ”summarized the young Portuguese, quoted by the press office of the Portugal Winter Sports Federation (FDI-Portugal).
The young skater assumed that she had “high expectations” in the discipline of Mass Start, thanking the work that has been developed by her colleagues and coaches.
“It has been an amazing job that has come from a few years ago to this part. I left this World Cup with a more erected head, because I just became the world champion. Next time, I hope to get the determination for the world of senior world and the qualification for the Olympic Games, ”he said.
