this Alicante swimmer Aitana Crespo He is competing this week in the European Junior Artistic Swimming Championships, where he aims to reach the podium in the five tests he will face.
“The dream is to reach a full 5/5, a podium podium. Finally, the main power, Russia, will not be located in Alicante. Well, I think it’s very possible to make that medal racket.» made statements to the FER Project.
17-year-old Crespo will compete free duo, tech duo, freelance team, tech team and combo. In addition, the woman from Alicante already knows what it means to be on the podium in this championship, as she won two bronze medals in the free team and technical team events in the same continental competition in 2021.
The Alicante athlete “will be very excited” regarding the race at home. I’m going to have to handle emotions, feelings exactly, very well. A European is always indisputable in front of your family, friends, people ».
“I’m especially excited to be competing with my grandparents in the stands. I hope and wish this is a motivational plus,” he said. At this time, he began to do his first figures in the water with his sister Lara. It was at the Maristas pool, where he enrolled in a swimming course, and the technicians immediately observed his qualities in synchronized swimming. Since then, it has been the most victorious for Spain. At the age of 13, he moved to Madrid to receive training at the highest level in a modernization center.
One of the most important weeks for Alicante sports is here. European Junior Artistic Swimming Championships in Alicante until Sunday, 3 July. It is an event of the highest international level, in which the best athletes of the discipline will compete and also try to qualify for the World Cup..
Alicante will once again host a major championship six years from now and the Tossal Municipal Pool is ready to receive competitors who will delight the public attending. The biggest promises of the continent will be in the Youth European Championship. Some even compete at an absolute level already, so the show is guaranteed in the city. Alicante had the honor of seeing the artistic swimming stars live at the Infantas Trophy, where Ona Carbonell and Gemma Mengual declared their victory and prepared the Rio Olympic Games with 600 other athletes.
From that moment on, boys and girls from Alicante took a special interest in this sport, which has been growing in the city for years.
The opening ceremony of this championship took place yesterday. All modalities and routines, both individual and duet or mixed and joint, will be performed in the morning and afternoon, so the activity will never stop.
Alicante City Council Sports Councilor José Luis Berenguer said: “The city is proud to once again host this important event. Artistic Swimming has a lot of fans and the European Junior Championships, which can be watched all over the world these days, will focus on us. We would like to encourage all our citizens from the Sports Department to come to the Monte Tossal Pool and experience the best of this discipline.