They were called to be the championship’s test of competitiveness and that is what it is. The Women’s 200 backstroke at the Spanish Open in Palma de Mallorca They did not leave anyone indifferent and had the culmination they were looking forward to after the morning series: a record from Spain emerged from being competitive with its minimum applicants crowned Carmen Weiler as the great winner of the day.
Weilerthe new national record holder in the 100 backstroke two days ago, completed his dazzling performance in his fetish style with another. great success in the 200 backstroke, accompanied by a national record. The 2:09.13 by Duane da Rocha In a distant 2014 they are already history Weiler flew to 2:08.89 to lower the record and get bOlympic tickets for the Paris Games.
He will accompany them Africa Zamorano, second with 2:09.75, behind his morning time of 2:09.57, which serves as the second Spanish Open record in the fight for the Olympic spot. while, Estella Tonrath was third with 2:10.95behind the 2:09.95 he set in the morning and which, surpassed by his two teammates, left him out of the Olympic Games as the third Spaniard.
An atypical situation in national swimming, which experienced a race with three candidates for the Olympic team. In this, the three came out almost identical, but Weiler and Zamorano saw how Tonrath began to give a few tithes towards 100.
In the short term, because The Balearic Islands started to accelerate in the third pool and forced Weiler to add another point to the race. Zamorano saw, in the condition of the Valencian, how in the second part of that third pitch both were out of the first two positions.
He Carmen’s big turn At the start of the last pitch he pushed him to leave decisively in search of victory and the record, with Zamorano to keep Tonrath. So, fighting the stopwatch, Weiler set the first record under 2:09 in Spanish swimming.
A very remarkable time, since then only two swimmers, Claire Curzan and Jaclyn Barclay, swam below her in the last World Championship, despite many casualties. As of 2023, only six swimmers have achieved this. A sample of the tremendous evolution Weiler showed at this Open, which he came up with with a personal best of 2:11.21.
He was unable to lower his individual limit Zamorano, who swam 2:09.26 recently at the Ciutat de Barcelona. That goal remains pending for him in front of the third Olympic event on his resume where Spanish swimming will have two participants in this modality.
Women’s 200 backstroke final results (Olympic minimum 2:10.39)
1. Carmen Weiler (Canoe) 2:08.89 (Spanish record)
2. Africa Zamorano (Sant Andreu) 2:09.75
3. Estella Tonrath (Palma de Mallorca) 2:10.95
4. Sara Costa (Gredos) 2:12.79
5. Nahia Garrido (Tolosaldea) 2:13.57
6. Paula González (Dolphin) 2:13.74
7. Ana Cernadas (Fluvial de Lugo) 2:14.43
8. Marta María Guasp (Palma de Mallorca) 2:18.68
Source: La Verdad
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