The Fukuoka World Cup, which will take place later this month, One of the most important championships before the 2024 Paris Games. There, all the floating stars of the moment and two swimmers from the province will compete. Angela Martínez from ElcheFrom the KZM Swimming Team and old Alba HerreroFrom the Elche Tennis Swimming Club, they will be in the absolute World Cup after showing a brilliant course in their careers.
Angela already existsExperience in international competitions, since last year, became the first swimmer and the second Spaniard from the Community to qualify for the World Cup in both modes (pool and open water) at the World Cup held in Budapest (Hungary). In Fukuoka, she will compete in the 800 and 1,500 meters in the pool, and in the open water 5,000, 10,000 and mixed 4×1,500 relay events.
If Alba, Selected as part of the national flag team after getting great grades throughout the season. At the age of 20, he qualified for the Absolute World Championship in the 4×200 freestyle relay. Alba won the bronze medal at the National in the 200m Freestyle with a best grade of 2.00.10, a new regional record and was only surpassed by a Spanish swimmer as the winner was a foreigner. With this great record, the coach of RFEN has decided to take this relay race to the summer World Cup and the swimmer from Elda will be a fixture in this quad. Thus, Spain will compete in eight different relay races: women’s, men’s and mixed. Carla Carrón, Alba Herrero and César Castro will attend privately to discuss them.
Alba will debut in the best international event after passing the Junior World Championships in 2019, where she was a finalist (5th) in the 4×200 freestyle. It should be noted that three of the four members of this quartet will be swimming in the relay in Fukuoka (Ainhoa Campabadal, Paula Juste, and Alba herself).
Spanish delegation will go to Japan with 22 athletes. This is the biggest call since the 2013 Barcelona World Cup, as the representation in Kazan 2015 (13 swimmers), Budapest 2017 (8 swimmers), Gwangju 2019 (9) and Budapest 2022 (9 swimmers) was much lower.
Spain will hold a preliminary concentration in Yamaguchi from 15 to 21 July. As Carlos Garach and Ángela Martínez, who will continue their World Cup preparations with the national open water team as they join Fukuoka in both modes, do not appear, twenty of the twenty-two people called up will participate. The championship will be held in swimming from 23 to 30 July.
This way, the province will be highly represented at one of the biggest events of July, the Fukuoka World Cup.. Besides the goal of playing a major role in the most anticipated international event, there is also minimal competition for the Paris Olympic Games.Angela and Alba’s big dream.
The swimmers have placed themselves among the swimming elite and are currently completing their World Cup preparations in the best moment of their careers. Discipline and perseverance are two of the values that define Alicante athletes as the keys to their success. Ángela Martínez, 19, who trained at the Elche Swimming Club and is currently on the KZM Swimming team, is one of the biggest future Spanish swimmers and, like Alba, is a regular in the selection. .