Olympic diploma, an excellent award for

Nico García

on his first date with the Games, at 19 years old. The position in the final of 200 backstrokes, in which he was last, was not the most important, since his podium options were unattainable. The important thing was to be in that place. His case is not like that of

Hugo González

, who played the 100 backstroke but did not agree to the 200 styles, in which he had to value his European title in Budapest. For Nico, this has just begun, and in a big way, no matter how much his image in the final, out of the race, is the last he leaves in the Games. There will be more and better.

The swimmer from Madrid, who belongs to Gredos San Diego, has many aspects to improve, which promises him a future. Still very long, you can do it muscularly and, in the same way, perfect your turning technique. There you earn valuable hundredths. Until now, it has been exceptionally managed by coach

Pedro Simón

.

The time in the final has no referential value, because being far from the references, next to

Ryan Murphy

, made him surrender in the last 50. The Russian

Evgeny Rylov

, the winner, finished in 1: 53.27. Nico arrived above 1:59, far from the 1: 56.31 he made in the semifinals to qualify for the final and lower his personal best by no less than seven hundredths. That was his climax at the Games. The next ones, in Paris, await you.

Nico's appearance in the final is good news for Spanish swimming, although it does not compensate for the unfulfilled expectations of

Hugo González

, on whom, perhaps, excessive pressure had been placed.

It went from less to more in Tokyo, but before the final step, it went bankrupt.

He also left a bitter taste, by reiterating his complaints about the aid that swimmers receive in our country.

The 22-year-old Mallorcan has not been able to take over the leadership that

Mireia Belmonte

leaves in these Games

.

At 30 years old, a fourth place, in 400 styles, does not compensate for the decline shown by Badalona in the background, 800 and 1,500.

In his last Olympic appointment, he leaves a huge void.

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