Dennis González and Mireia Hernández They won the fourth gold for Spain in a mixed technical duo, equaling the best participation in a European Championship, which was in Eindhoven in 2008, with Gemma Mengual, Andrea Fuentes and Ona Carbonell as great standards of that generation. Then they were continental champions in solo, duo, team and combo. It must be recognized that the proximity of the Olympic Games has caused the resignation of some figures and the presence of many young people, but it must also be made clear that Spain has only participated in four routines and has given up seven: the free and acrobatic team routines, the two female duets and solos and the male free solo. Despite this, the best performance in European competitions in the history of Spain in artistic swimming has been equaled.
Dennis and Mireia achieved the highest score with one of the most complicated and difficult exercises in the final. The Spanish duo performed in fourth position and won the gold with an almost perfect execution, beating by one point and six tenths Italia, represented by Filippo Pelati and Sara Mariah Rizea. Ranjou Tomblin and Beatrice Crass, who performed last, took the bronze for Britain and they held the nerves of the Spanish delegation in check, which had secured the medal but still had to know the metal.
Spain has had an outstanding performance in this Swimming European Championship in Belgrade even though it has only decided to participate in one of the team routines and in the mixed duets and men’s solos. The selection of Mayuki Fujiki He started the tournament at the top of the podium. He won gold in the technical routine with the same exercise as the last World Cup in February, with a version of ‘Mambo’ from West Side Story. Iris Tió, Sara Saldaña, Meritxell Mas, Alisa Ozhogina, Marina García, Blanca Toledano, Meritxell Ferré, Cristina Arámbula, Lilou Lluís and Berta Ferreras were the favorites in a competition in which Ukraine was not and in which only four countries participated, two of them (Italy and Great Britain) with their B team.
Dennis González also won gold in technical solo. The Spaniard, who had won silver in the free solo routine at the last World Cup, came first in technical solo, a modality in which he could not get on the podium in Doha. With his version of Prince’s ‘Kiss’, he achieved a better score than the Italian Giorgio Minisini, who ended up with the bronze after being penalized with two ‘base marks’. The silver went to the British Ranjou Tomblin.
He also achieved the third medal Dennis Gonzalez forming a pair with Emma Garcia in the free mixed duo modality, revalidating the title. The Catalan duo rose to the top of the podium after adding 189.7938 points and surpassing the Italian duo Filippo Pelati and Flaminia Vernice by one point. The British Ranjou Tomblin and Beatrice Crass completed the box. The understanding between Dennis and Emma is total, as shown by the fact that they also achieved silver at the Fukuoka World Cup last year in the mixed technical duo. González was able to get one more medal, this past Thursday, in male free only but he declined to participate at the last minute as he was still recovering from surgery on both forearms. Dennis was returning to competition in this European Championship and preferred to reserve himself for this Friday’s duet.
This Friday was also celebrated the female technical duo, in which Spain did not participate. The victory went to the twin sisters Bregje Maria and Noortje de Brouwer, who gave the second gold to Netherlands. The Dutch beat the British Katre Shortman and Isabelle Thorpe, who won the silver, and the Israelis Shelly Bobritsky and Ariel Nassee.
2024-06-14 10:57:01
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