Serbian kayak duo claim silver in Milan

MILAN - Simo Boltic and Vladimir Torubanov of Serbia have won the silver medal in K2 500 at the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup in Milan.

Boltic and Torubanov finished the Sunday race in 1:29.093, just 0.20 seconds behind Tibor Hufnagel and Gergely Boros of Hungary.

Portugal's Fernando Pimenta and Emanuel Silva took the bronze, completing the race in 1:29.153.

This is the second silver for Serbia at the World Cup, since sisters Nikolina and Olivera Moldovan came in second in K2 200, finishing in 39.073.

Conny Wassmuth and Tina Dietze of Germany took the gold by reaching the finish line in 38.849, while Gabriella Szabo and Ninetta Vad claimed the bronze with the finishing time of 39.221.