The team of artistic swimming in Mexico has made a great showing at the 2024 Olympic Games. The team nicknamed ‘the Mexican mermaids’ amazed the audience at the Saint-Denis Aquatic Centre who gave them 347.3874 points.
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During the first of three tests, the technical team, to define the fight for the medals, debuted with the theme ‘Don’t stop me now’ by Queen and the public applauded the Mexican swimmers.
Regina Alferez, Fernanda Arellano, Nuria Diosdado, Itzamary González, Joana Jiménez, Samantha Rodríguez, Jessica Sobrino and Pamela Toscano performed the nine compulsory elements in the competition.
The Mexican Mermaids
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With a difficulty rating of 39.550, elements with a difficulty rating of 151.5491, artistic impression with a difficulty rating of 91.9000 and a penalty of zero. The performance earned them a score of 347.3874.
This outstanding performance temporarily placed them in eighth place, surpassing the teams from Australia and Egypt. This was due to his outstanding technique, timing and creativity in his routine that lasted two minutes and 50 seconds.
The Mexican Mermaids
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The ‘Mexican mermaids’ will compete in the last discipline of synchronized swimming with their acrobatic routine next month. Wednesday, August 7th at approximately 10:30 in the morning in Hohra Colombia.
In this last discipline, the synchronized swimming medals will be awarded. The Mexicans will have to give their best, because they are in eighth position.
“We’re not here for a medal, we’re here for a great performance and today we lacked the performance we’re used to. That’s the risk, in the end it wasn’t a matter of not completing it but a failure in a movement. We have the ability and we are ready, what happened today is proof that it is a sport of perfection,” the Mexicans declared.
Even Google Doodle decided to pay tribute to Mexican swimmers with a water fountain with ducks in a water fountain.
How is the synchronized swimming medal table?
- China with 313.5538 points
- Spain with 287,1475 points
- Italy with 277.8304 points
- France with 277.7925 points
- Canada with 262.4808 points
- Japan with 253.6617 points
- United States with 249.0067 points
- Mexico with 243.4491 points
- Egypt with 242.7651 points
- Australia with 235.9071 points
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