The Spanish mixed duo formed by Emma García and Dennis González will enter the final with the best score in the technical routine, after adding 244.1433 points in the classification. The Spaniards surpassed the Mexican duo, formed by Itzamary González and Diego Villalobos, who got 228.0075 points, and the Japanese Tomoka and Yotora Sato 227.72.
In this way, the Spanish team aims for a medal, as Fernando Díaz del Río already marked the way this Friday, who signed the best performance in the men’s solo coach. The possibility of getting a medal in the mixed duo, and even more if it can be gold, is a historic occasion for Spanish swimming, after the main favourites, the Italians, have not been able to compete, due to the loss of Giorgio Minisini , absolute dominator on the world scene. And the Spaniards have not missed that at the moment, neither in the technical solo nor in the technical mixed duo, whose final will be played this Sunday at 9:30 CET.
“We are very happy, we had in mind swimming as if it were another training session, not that it was a great competition. It was also the first time we had swum together,” Emma García recalled when she got out of the water.
Dennis González is clear that they went to ensure, “to do what he plays in the marked figures” and not get emotional “at any time so as not to make mistakes.” “I was nervous, it was my first routine in a World Cup, but I was also very focused. We did a good job, without fear, we swam to do it well,” González insisted.
García and González, who appreciated having felt “very welcomed” by the Japanese public, believe that now that the moment of truth has arrived they have to go “with a lot of head” so that the world title does not slip away. “In the final we have to go do what we have to, perfect those little details and improve them, nothing more,” insisted the Barcelona swimmer.
The Catalans signed a routine without errors. They were the best in everything, in execution, in artistic impression and in difficulty and they aim for a medal and if it is gold they would mark a milestone, because in the history of artistic swimming (formerly synchronized) in Spain, only one gold has been achieved, It was in the free combination by teams in Rome 2009.
It is a routine choreographed by the trainers Anna Vega and Gemma Mengual, with a theme based on electronic music: “Electronic Classic Music”.
The main rivals will be the Mexicans Itzamary González and Diego Villalobos, although at a great distance (more than sixteen points). More balanced, in principle, will be the fight between the Mexicans and the local duo, made up of the Japanese Tomoka and Yotora Sato who are less than 3 tenths behind.
Also qualified for the final are the mixed duos from Kazakhstan, Great Britain, South Korea, China, Chile, Peru, Belgium, Serbia and Colombia.
