Valera received the National Artistic Swimming Award

from @migueperiod

After more than a decade, Trujillo state once once more hosted a Feveda Cup National Artistic Swimming Championship. Starting this Thursday (9:00am), the restored pool complex of the Ciudad Deportiva Luis Loreto Lira in Valera is the venue for the competitions, with the figure modality. Friday, Saturday and Sunday will continue with the routines.

The opening ceremonies will take place on Friday followingnoon (2:00pm). This was announced by José Antonio Santana, National Director of this type of aquatic sports, from the vicinity of the Adriana Segovia diving pit, the pool that will welcome the cream of the crop of this sport, which is also known as synchronized swimming.

Trujillo will participate with 11 girls from the Las Valquirias Club, directed by “La Olimpica” Anabell Ortiz. A total of 129 competitors will enter the pool. Of these, four are from the male category, which will be competing for the third official national tournament and this time with swimmers from the states of Lara, Distrito Capital and Monagas. This gender will make history, as it will be the first time that they will compete in Trujillo pools.

Excited to be part of the history of this aquatic discipline, the Trujillo State Sports Institute (Indet), chaired by Jesús “Trompo” González, welcomed the foreign delegations and Feveda authorities.