LArtistic Swimming was demonstrated for the first time on Monday at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games In front of almost 5,000 people gathered at the accutico Center It is located in the Saint-Denis district, opposite the Stade de France. In the discipline that Spain shines between Beijing 2008 and London 2012 with four Olympic medals, The change of regulations and the absence of Russia leaves The platform options are more open. And Spain is one of the great aspirants. Today he proved this in the water by presenting Technical routine with the highest degree of difficulty (51150) Who served him for To take second place (287.1475 points), only behind the impeccable Chinese Anna tars (313.5538).
Without Russia, The big dominators of the discipline during the dakadas, with six consecutive games winning all the gold medals in Lisa, eyes were set on Chinese As a big favorite. And these did not fail with Impeccable execution of elements and artistic impression. Until the arrival of the Tatars, the Asians presented very traditional choreographies, but the Catalans modernized them. In fact, their practice is called ‘Speed and passion’ Because they are the two characteristics that stand out from her routine: the speed of movements in the water and her passion when it comes to transferring choreography.
The Spanish strategy
What has become clear is that China is playing in another league and it will be very difficult to snatch gold in pars. After the first day of the three-day team competition, he has Advantage 26 points With regard to Spain. Our strategy was to bet heavily on the technical routine, Its main weapon, which is advertised as European champion. Mayuko Fujiki, Spanish coach, Increased by 6 difficulty points in relation to the last World With the aim of achieving Day a A bed of dots In the face of competing tomorrow and after the free routine and acrobatics, Spain has a lower level because it does not have Acrobats of the stature of other passes such as the Chinese or the United States.
On the stage they made a guide to the Pars word formation games Then they shouted before dancing in the water to the rhythm of Mambo, from West Side Story with the same exercise that was announced this year World runner-up.
He was Penultimates to be released And they did this with a well-executed exercise, very artistic acrobatics and with a lot of height. Texel Fair, Marina Jarka, Lelo Luis, meritexel mas, Alisa ozugena, Paula Ramirez, Iris tee and Blanca Toledano showed their cards to aspire to the podium. The chants that could be heard about ‘Mambo’ were, by the way, from the workers of the Saint-Cugat car, where they train.
Temporary platform closes Italy (277.8304), 10 from Spain, which feels the encouragement of the host France (277.7925). It was noticeable that he ‘played’ at home because he got a big ovation from the whole ward , which Accompany with applause all of the acrobats . When they jumped out of the water they shouted “Alize, les plus”.
The United States is less than expected
United States of America Septima was to the rhythm of Michael Jackson. Spaniard Andrea Fuentes, who has been working with them for two Olympics, presented the fourth card with less difficulty in the hope that the rest would not bet too hard from the very beginning. Her main credit was the impressive speed that they showed when performing the exercise, but above all, the acrobatics that this merkul performs and that her husband Victor Cano, Olympic gymnast in 2000 and 2004, is responsible for.
United States of America He is one of the great candidates for the podium, just like Japan (253.6617), who just finished, sixth. Both passes received a penalty for not fully complying with what was described in the ‘coach cards’ They submit before performing the exercises and without knowing the degree of difficulty of their competitors. Both countries, along with Spain, choose silver and bronze because gold seems to travel to China.
The rest of the passes are one step below. The Australia From another Spanish, Paula clambourg, stands as A red lantern from the table With jungle dance and Spanish music by Faro Rodriguez. He has shown that he has made a leap in quality in his style but still has a long way to go.
After the dispute of Technical routine, The morning will be held free routine and acrobatic overtaking. From the total of three will come out the final podium.
Change of organization and format
In the middle of the Olympic cycle, a New registration system. Now the performance of each of the figures or elements announced by the trainers before the workout and the degree of difficulty are evaluated separately. There are two technical control panels: one for difficulty and the other for synchronization.
The technical routine should include, for example, nine elements. Today Spain offers the maximum difficulty of the three free hybrids. For the first time in the games, in addition, it starts with the teams instead of the two and another novelty is that , for the first time, there is an acrobatic routine, There are no qualifiers but live finals and notes of the three actions are added.
