Triple national medal for the Sevillian swimmer Miguel Pérez-Godoy, qualified for the Budapest World Cup

The Andalusian swimmers achieved brilliant results in the Spanish Winter Absolute Championships and three of them achieved a place in the Short Course World Championships, which will be held in Budapest from December 12 to 15. The Sevillian Miguel Pérez-Godoy (Two Sisters)Carlos Garach from Granada (Churriana) and María de Valdés from Malaga (Mataró) will be in Hungary with the best in the world. The woman from Alicante who trains at the Málaga Technical Center Ángela Martínez will also compete in the World Cup.

Carlos Garach (Churriana) signed a spectacular double gold by winning the 800 freestyle (7.42.69) and the 400 freestyle (3.43.07). In the 800 he achieved the absolute Andalusian record and the World Cup minimum. Dos Hermanas, for its part, got five metals thanks to Miguel Pérez-Godoy and Cristóbal Vargas. Pérez-Godoy won gold in the 200 freestyle (1.43.63) and silver in the 50 freestyle (21.86) and 100 freestyle (47.43). With his time of the 200 freestyle he achieved the absolute Andalusian record, the World Cup minimum and the Spanish Championship record.

Vargas took second place in the 1,500 freestyle (14.59.51) and third in the 400 medley (4.16.14). With his time of 400 styles he surpassed the best territorial mark of 17 years. Maria de Valdes He took silver in the 1,500 freestyle with a time of 16.08.13 minutes, which set him the minimum time in the World Championship. One more metal won Alejandro Rueda (Alcalá) with bronze in the 100 backstroke (52.58). In addition, the woman from Alicante who trains at the Málaga Technical Center Angela Martinez He achieved two World Cup minimums in the 800 and 1,500 freestyle, events that he won with times of 8.27.11 and 08.16.13.