MADRID, 13 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The city of Fukuoka (Japan) will host the World Swimming Championship from this Friday until July 30, with the modalities of artistic and springboard jumping opening the competition, which among the Spanish delegation will serve to endorse some improvement and have Next year’s Olympic Games are on the horizon.
Iris Tió from Barcelona and Fernando Díaz del Río, from Gran Canaria -born in Ferrol- will star in the female and male solo, respectively, while Tió will form a duo with Alisa Ozhogina. The mixed duets will be for Emma García and Fernando Díaz del Río himself, as well as for Mireia Hernández and Dennis González.
Tió already led the generational change during the previous World Cup, played last year in Budapest (Hungary). This event was held in the wake of an international calendar that World Aquatics has been trying to balance since the covid pandemic upset all its forecasts, in the spring and especially in the summer of 2020.
In an upward trajectory from its discreet role in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, that event in the Hungarian capital in 2022 saw the conquest of a bronze for the Spanish synchronized team. He arrived with 91.9333 points in the highlight test (acrobatic routine), closing a podium with Ukraine at the top (94.2333 points).
In between, Italy slipped in (92.2667), after the Spanish captivated the crowd to the rhythm of rock with AC/DC. Thus, they recovered from fourth place in the team freestyle final. In addition, Emma García and Pau Ribes then garnered a double fourth position, in the free mixed duet and technical tests.
In order to increase their own performance a year later, the swimmers trained by Mayuko Fujiki have completed a concentration in the city of Yamaguchi, finishing polishing the details of the different routines. Key will be his arreón given in the recent European Games, held in Krakow and the Malopolska region (Poland).
The Spanish swimmers obtained six medals in those European Games, at the rate of three golds, one silver and two bronzes. Two of the titles were won by teams (technical routine and free routine), remaining ahead of powers from the ‘Old Continent’ such as Ukraine, Italy, France, Israel or Austria, among others.
As if that were not enough, in the Super Final of the World Cup that took place in Oviedo at the beginning of June, the Spanish team achieved a haul of metals; He put the climax with the gold in the technical routine and with the silver in the free routine. Thanks to this background, the 14 athletes on Mayuko Fujiki’s list will try to shine again.
Until July 22, the Spanish ‘synchro’ will deploy its team routines in Fukuoka with a call that includes Cristina Arámbula, Marina García, Lilou Lluís Valette, Txell Mas, Paula Ramírez, Sara Saldaña and Blanca Toledano; meanwhile, Berta Ferreras will attend as a reserve and the technical ‘staff’ will be 10 members.
On the other hand, and under the technical direction of the Italian Domenico Rinaldi, the Spanish representatives in the diving events will be Adrián Abadía, Alberto Arévalo, Carlos Camacho, Nicolás García Boissier, Valeria Antolino, Ana Carvajal and Rocío Velázquez; In addition, Carlos Gimeno and Carlota González will participate in high diving.