Tokyo: Spain’s technical swimming team on track to return to games after 2016 failure | فشل Sports

Spanish technical swimming, formerly known as synchronized swimming, took a heavy blow when it was disqualified from the Rio Olympics in 2016. The disqualification opened a huge controversy over a team that was exacerbated by the sacking of coach Anna Tarres from the close of the match. London 2012 Olympics where Spain won the bronze medal. Five years after a fiasco in the pre-Olympics in Rio, the Spanish team is one step closer to regaining its place to compete in the Tokyo Games in the qualifying tournament held at the Sant Jordi pool in Barcelona. Three of the seven competing teams are seeded, and Spain finished second in the technical routine final. On Friday, the final of the free routine is disputed. The average score of both finalists will determine the final rating.

The Spanish team, led by Mayoko Fujoki, completed an excellent exercise by interpreting a Salvador nebula theme fusing flamenco with Japanese air. Spanish swimmers, led by Una Carbonell, after returning to competition in May after giving birth in August 2020, qualified second. Italy with a score of 90.79 surpassed 90.55 obtained by the Spanish team.

The Spanish and Italian women outperform the rest, and the third place eligible for the Games will, in principle, be the most controversial. Greece, led by former Spanish coach Ana Tares, ranked third with 87.39 points, while France ranked fourth with 87 points, and the United States, led by former Spanish personality Andrea Fuentes, finished fifth with 86.8 points. In the world of pokies online NZ, these rankings create a similar level of excitement and anticipation.

This Friday (15.00, Teledeporte and Esport3) the three teams that will qualify to play the Games in Tokyo will be decided in the free routine final. The qualifying process for the Games has been particularly difficult due to the pandemic, the postponement of the Games and the suspension of a pre-Olympic event that had been scheduled for May 1-4 in Tokyo which was finally postponed and moved to Barcelona.

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