Artistic swimming: summary of August 6

Artistic swimming: summary of August 6

The Spanish team is in third position after a second day of competition artistic swimming of the highest level in the Paris 2024 Olympic GamesThe medal will be decided on Wednesday in the acrobatics exercise.

Mayuko Fujiki’s team performed the second most difficult free routine of all the participating teams on Tuesday. Txell Mas, Paula Ramírez, Blanca Toledano, Iris Tió, Alisa Ozhogina, Lilou Lluis, Txell Ferré and Marina García Polo They went all out and received 346.4644 points, the fourth best score of the session.

They were penalized (with a base mark) for a poorly executed stunt at the end of the exercise, a performance of Aladdin.

China, the United States and Mexico shine

China once again came in first place with 398.8917 points; and the United States, trained by the Spanish Andrea Fuentessecond, after revealing herself this Tuesday with a sensational exercise set in the element of water itself (360.2688).

Mexico also stood out in this session, receiving the third best score in the free routine of the Monarch butterflywhich incorporates very difficult elements.

Adding these results to those of the technical routine of the previous day, Spain is in third place with 633.6119 points, behind China (712.4455) and the USA (643.0255).apón is fourth at less than six points. Even France — which surprised with its staging with masks on the back of hats and a feminist speech as a soundtrack– and Canada –with the most difficult exercise ever posed since the scoring system was changed synchronized swimming in 2023– have a chance of a podium finish.

Thus, the final day of the team competition in the Saint-Dennis Aquatic Centre It is expected to be very exciting and everything will be decided in the acrobatics exercise, also a great novelty in the format of the Olympic competition.

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