400 Styles Fourth Place Mireia
1,500 Out of the final
Hugo González Outside of his favorite final, he leaves a doubt: "I don't know if it will be the last in some Games"
Sunk, with almost a pool of difference with
Katie Ledecky
, in her series of 800,
Mireia Belmonte
says goodbye to her last individual goal in Tokyo with her worst image. The consolation of the relays remains, if he takes part. The Spaniard did not arrive in condition to the Olympic event, due to her shoulder problems, and, despite her great fourth place in the 400 styles, the demands of the fund have brought all her fears to the surface. A great long-distance runner, such as that of Badalona, has stranded both in the 800 and the 1,500, far from the possibility of qualifying for the finals directly. In the last one it was sixth.
The explanation between his hopeful start in Tokyo and this ending lies in the competition.
The 400 styles were much more open.
Mireia knew it and made the most of her chance with all the competitiveness she is capable of, which is a lot.
23 hundredths separated him from the podium, from a bronze that would have been redeeming after his four medals, one gold, in his last two Olympic events.
Tokyo was the fourth, where he decided to reduce his program and not swim the specialty where he was gold in Rio, the 200 butterfly.
Generational relief
Neither 800 nor 1,500 were going to give him a chance, with a tyrannical Ledecky, eager to make up for her losses to
Ariarne Titmus
in the 200 and 400 free. The Australian also participated in the 800 series. But they were not the only ones. There were the girls from the pool,
Summer McIntosh
, from Canada, and
Katie Grimes
, from the United States, 14 and 15 years old. They are like flying fish.
Not only Mireia has succumbed to her strength, but her entire generation, from
Sarah Sjostrom
to
Katinka Hosszu
.
Your time has passed.
To his disappointment must be added that of
Hugo González
, who did not enter the final of 200 styles in which he is European champion and opened questions about his continuity in the elite.
Problems for Spanish swimming, now in the hands of a 19-year-old,
Nico García
, an amazing 200 backstroke finalist.
It has a future but the future has a problem.
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