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"The work we are doing with the sport is very important.'re Very happy," said the president of the San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia, José Luis Mendoza.
Mireia Belmonte, Melani Costa, Margarita Dominguez, Jessica Rando Juanmi Vall and swimmers and have been students of the Catholic University San Antonio of Murcia who have participated in the last World Swimming Championships held in Barcelona.
The result we have obtained is, without doubt, sensational, because not only signed three silver medals and one bronze (the only achieved in swimming by Spain), but have also managed to place their names among the world's best of the sport.
Before setting foot in the World Swimming Championships in Barcelona there was talk of this as one of the best generations of the pool in Spain.
And the result confirms those suspicions, it has been the best ever.
Much of the responsibility for this success is the San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia, for the total of twelve medals won by the Spanish delegation, four have been thanks to the victories of athletes and students of the UCAM, in particular, all swimming.
Joined synchronized Girls water polo seven and one, the only gold medal.
The big winner, spearhead of Spanish swimming has been the Fuensanta UCAM swimmer Mireia Belmonte, who has scored three total medals, two silver and one bronze.
It was precisely the latter the first to fall in the 200-meter freestyle mode, after a very tight race in which no one's Mireia "expected to win medals."
However, their self-respect could with adversity and, after a spectacular last fifty yards, classified in third.
Three days later, the student of Advertising and Public Relations UCAM added his second medal, this time the silver medal in the 200 meter butterfly.
A competitive Mireia took the gold at hand, but just inches snatched China's Liu Zige.
His third medal fall in the last day, a silver in the 400 individual medley which is a perfect finale to his great performance in the World Swimming Championships 2013, to which must be added also the record of Spain in 1500.
"I've had it rough, but I've also enjoyed" declared the UCAM swimmer after your last test.
"It was a memorable World".
The president of the San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia, José Luis Mendoza, wanted to highlight "the efforts made to achieve these successes Mireia, especially when you have been with the flu for more than two days"
However, Belmonte was not the only representative of the UCAM that has been successful in the form of metal for the delegation of our country, as the swimmer and student of Bachelor in Physiotherapy at the University, Melani Costa, it was with another medal silver in the 400 meters freestyle, also achieving the record for Spain.
"I am surprising myself," he noted after qualifying for the final of the 200 freestyle.
The Spaniard has been a revelation for Spain in the World Cup and seems to have a promising future.
Moreover, Margarita Dominguez participated in open water testing, reaching seventh in the 25 km.
The Cartagena claimed to have "good feelings" before, something that was reflected on the water to claim to be one of the ten best swimmers in the world in this mode.
In addition, Jessica Rando Juanmi Vall and also swimmers and students of the UCAM, managed to qualify for the semifinals of the 200 meter breaststroke and 50-meter backstroke, respectively.
Source: UCAM
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