Carlos Garach, at the Paris Games in the 1500 freestyle after breaking his Spanish record

Perhaps in his case the fact that he was going to swim 1500 free in Paris 2024 Olympic Games for being classified in the 800 and having a minimum World Aquatics long test in the qualification process, but in case Carlos Garach He clarified this Tuesday that this will happen. The Churriana swimmer achieved the olympic minimum in long trials during the Palma de Mallorca Spanish Open and is now expanding its Olympic program to the extreme of the law.

Eligible for the exam eightfold hectometer since the Doha World Cup, a situation that allows him to swim in open water Also in Paris, Garach certainly completed his testing program after shining in 1500 of the Balearic event. To him He missed his Spanish record of 14:57.23 by a hairwhich had been achieved at the same venue a year and three months earlier, but not an Olympic minimum he had achieved with authority.

He swam in 14:57.99, below the 15:00.99 requested. It’s the second time in his career that he’s broken the fifteen-minute barrier, a good example of the consistency he’s achieved in recent months. Garach defeated the Mahmoud Ahmed’s Summer National record of 15:08.59 since 2022 and surpassed his club colleague with great authority Sander Crooijmanssecond companion 15:18.10already Pablo Martínez (15:22.77).

The disciple of Xavi Casademont and swimmer Churriana He controlled the partials perfectly, always swimming twenty-nine seconds high and thirty seconds low. Furthermore, it showed a big change in final length where, knowing that he had the Spanish record, he insisted on beating it. He was contested, but it did not prevent a very impressive mark from Garach who continues to establish himself as one of the fixtures in the main Spanish swimming championships.

Carlos opened up a gap from the start, poised to go under four minutes in the 400. He did it with more than two seconds to spare and kept the pace going for the next four hundred to get with a fraction of 7:57.83 in the eight hundred, before the second part of the exam. In it he gave the tenth, but he completely kept the passes in, with the lowest affordable, also developed the option of Spain’s record in case of finding a plus in the last sprint.

He looked for it all over, accelerating in the final lengths. Especially, in a devastating last time by twenty-eight seconds, but he was unable to approach his record, which he was only seven tenths away from. Of course, included a victory below the Olympic minimum that increased his spoils tests for Paris.

in the back, Crooijmans He always swam in second position, although a few seconds ahead of Garach. Yes, there was a fight for third place between a Albert Escrits (15:29.18) and a Pablo Martinez which saw how they decided the final lengths. The Sant Andreu swimmer led the first half of the test, but Martínez gained a few tenths of a second to gradually distance himself and close out the top 3.

Results of the 1500 freestyle final (Olympic minimum 15:00.99)

1. Carlos Garach (Churriana) 14:57.99
2. Sander Crooijmans (Netherlands/Churriana) 15:18.10
3. Pablo Martínez (Ferca-San José) 15:22.77
4. Albert Escrits (Sant Andreu) 15:29.18
5. Mario Mendez (Rias Baixas) 15:30.98
6. Alejandro Puebla (Cartagonova Cartagena) 15:31.28
7. Juan Vallmitjana (CN Barcelona) 15:39.01 (MMN15)
8. Vincent Crooijmans (Netherlands/Churriana) 15:41.75