Junior World Cup The American Dream of Hugo González
Interview "I don't need to go to a party to have a good time": Hugo González
The first medal in the absolute category of
Hugo González de Oliveira
and in a great competition came in this
European Championship in Budapest
in a test settled with a world record.
The Canoe swimmer was third in about 50 backstrokes resolved at 23.80 by Russian phenomenon
Kliment Kolesnikov
, ahead of Romanian
Robert-Andrei Glinta
(24.42).
Hugo's mark (24.47) beat by one hundredth the Spanish primacy, held by
Aschwin Wildeboer
(24.48) since August 2009, in those days of plastic swimsuits. Hugo, a world star in the junior category, in which he was world champion in 100 and 200 backstrokes, and in 400 styles, breaks a barrier, that of medals, which, once demolished, augurs new chronometric satisfactions. Especially considering that his best specialties are the superior distances, which he will face in the next few days.
Hugo, born 22 years ago in Palma de Mallorca, 1.92 and 82 kilos, student of Computer Engineering at the Californian University of Berkeley, after having gone through those of Auburn (Alabama) and Virginia Tech, will meet again with Kolesnikov (20 years), who in two days, in the semifinals and in the final of the 50 backstroke, set two world records: 23.93 and 23.80. Nobody except him has fallen below 24 seconds.
In the final of 800
, won by the Italian
Simona Quadarella
(8: 20.23),
Jimena Pérez
was seventh (8: 33.14);
and
María de Valdés, eighth
(8: 33.90).
In turn,
Jessica Vall
, also eighth in her 100 breaststroke semifinal, made an
Olympic minimum
(1: 06.93).
The French
Marie Wettel
and the Greek
Anna Ntountounki
shared (57.37) the gold in the 100 butterfly.
Not so those top world stars that are
Adam Peaty
and
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
.
The Briton scored the 100 breaststroke with 57.66.
The imperial and already veteran (31 years) Dutch, the 50 free with 23.97.
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