Garrido, Ponce and Alhambra will compete for medals and Perales, among the eleven Spanish finalists

In one La Défense Swimming Pool cheered the athletes, especially the French, almost to their heart’s content swimming was experienced beginning this Thursday at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. He has already done so with a large Spanish participation in the first session of the series to leave eleven finalists in the afternoon: Jacobo Garrido, Núria Marquès, Miguel Ángel Navarro, Teresa Perales, Miguel Luque, Vicente Gil, Enrique Alhambra, Juan Ferrón, María Delgado, Toni Ponce and Luis Huerta.

He will compete for medals in the 400 freestyle S9 Jacob Garrido. He was third in the series with 4:19.53, close behind Australians Timoyhy Hodge (4:19.31) and Brenden Hall (4:19.49) and more than a second and a half ahead of the rest of the competitors.

He will fight for them too Enrique José Alhambra in 100 butterflies S13. He was fourth in the heats with 57.65 seconds, just behind the neutral Ihar Boki (54.23), the Frenchman Alex Portal (55.25) and the Ukrainian Oleksii Virchenko (57.25), a priori with an open match for the third position. Juan Ferroneighth with 59.58 seconds, will also compete in the final.

Another medal pick based on what we saw in the morning comes in the men’s 200 freestyle. Tony Ponce He was third in the 200 free S5 series with 2:36.76, just behind Italian Francesco Bocciardo (2:33.12) and neutral Kirill Pulver (2:34.31). He will fight for the medals in a final that will also be swimming Luis Huertaseventh in heats with 2:46.54. Besides, Miguel Luque and Vicente Gil They qualified directly for the 50 breaststroke SB3 final, as well Miguel Angel Navarro in 100 backstroke S1.

First finals for Teresa Perales, Núria Marquès and María Delgado

In the last of 100 backstroke S2​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Teresa Perales. She was sixth in the series with 2:41.55, ahead of Singaporean Pin Xiu Yio (2:18.19), Mexican Haidee Viviana Aceves (2:22.03) and Italian Angela Procida (2:26.43). This is his first test at these Games, with the 50 backstroke as the main option. The woman from Zaragoza explained that she has a hard time adapting to the conditions of the pool, because the air conditioning is very strong and it affects her motor skills.

He advanced to the final in eighth place in his performance Núria Marques to 400 free S9. In 4:54.74 he held on to the second series even though it was difficult for him in the last stretch. Beatriz Lérida will not enter the final after being eleventh with 5:01.26 in the first contact led by Australian Lakeisha Patterson (4:84.74), Hungarian Zsofia Konkoly (4:50.20) and Italian Vittoria Bianco (4:52.26). .

For a few hundredths he got Maria Delgado in the final of the 100 butterfly S12. He was eighth with 1:06.96 and a margin of twenty-two hundredths. They are not progressing Marian Polo (eleventh with 1:08.55) by Ariadne Edo (thirteenth with 1:09.75) in a qualifying round dominated by American Grace Nuhfer (1:03.95).

He will not be among the top8 in the 100 butterfly S14 Eva Coronado. Battling for third place in his semifinal, the Spaniard struggled in the last few meters and finished fifth in his heat and eleventh overall with 1:11.40. British Poppy Maskill managed 1:03.66. In its part, Mikel Erdozain He finished tenth in the 100 backstroke S2. He did it with a time of 3:10.73 in the series led by Brazilian Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos (1:59.54).

The session also saw the first records of the Paralympic Games. American Christie Raleigh-Crossley broke the world record for the 50 free S10 in 27.28 seconds, down from the previous 27.37. In addition, two Games records were achieved. The first was achieved in the 50 freestyle S6 by Chinese Yuyan Jiang, whose 32.70 seconds was close to the world record of 32.55 by Ukrainian Anna Hontar, one of her great rivals in the fight for gold. Australian Alexa Leary then beat the 50 freestyle S10 with 27.69 seconds, just over three-tenths off the world record.