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Injuries hit the muscles, but never the spirit, if we talk about champions.
Mireia Belmonte
is, from beginning to end, aware of her possibilities, dominating the scene. It took him time, frustrating initial steps through the Olympic scene, like in
Beijing
, but gold gave him the dominance of the tables. In
Tokyo
he put it in value, with a
fourth place
in the 400 styles that does not give access to the podium, but that after a year of calamities, is of enormous value. It doesn't shine, but it weighs. At 30, there is a swimmer, there is a champion.
They separated
less than two tenths
, although by less margin, two hundredths, the gold was hung in the 200 butterfly of Rio. The hundredths are eternal in the water. In a final less fast than usual, like all those that were held at the Aquatic Center in Tokyo, Mireia knew that he had a chance, because a fast race would not have given him, he is not there for it. The butterfly post passed sixth, the backstroke fifth and
began to go up at the time, the breaststroke
. He finished it fourth. Free was the moment to catch the bronze, but
Hali Flickinger
did not allow it. The American resisted to finish in 4: 34.90. The Spanish finished in 4: 35.15.
Both are very far from the winner, the Japanese
Yui Ohashi
, incontestable to win in 4: 32.08.
The brand, in accordance with those of the session, suffered from the fact that the finals are in the morning, due to the schedule demanded by the main buyers of rights to broadcast in 'prime time' in American time.
Mireia resisted, however, better than
Katinka Hosszu
.
The Hungarian, with the world record (4: 26.36), did not lose a final of 400 styles from London.
In Tokyo, he was left off the podium.
A symptom of the generational change that Mireia, for now, resists.
The 800 and 1,500 await you with better sensations than the ones you brought.
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