Worlds, Olympic passes for team and duo
World Cup, results
The’Italian team closes the world artistic swimming championships at the Aspira Dome in Doha with a pass for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Five-circle competitions scheduled for Aug. 5-10. In the team free final, she scores 282.4312 points and completes the climb in the overall ranking that qualifies the top five teams (among those not previously qualified) who also take duets with them. The blues are also fifth in the final with a clear, error-free run. Also in the stands to cheer them on was the Italian ambassador to Qatar Paolo Toschi, 48, born in Ferrara, married to Federica Cellini (who as a girl swam with Vis Nova in the pool of the Santa Maria Institute in Rome), triathlete and father of three children, who had visited the Italian delegation at the hotel on Thursday evening. China won with 339.7604, second è Japan with 315.2290.
Linda Cerruti, Marta Iacoacci, Sofia Mastroianni, Enrica Piccoli, Lucrezia Ruggiero, Isotta Sportelli, Giulia Vernice and Francesca Zunino danced in the’water like butterflies. The eight blue ethtoiles, guided with method and professionalism by technical director Patrizia Giallombardo and the technician in charge of team exercises Roberta Farinelli, maintain the coefficient of the preliminary, already high (50.1) made more difficult and tiring by the number of hybrids (seven plus four acrobatics). Canada remains behind with 263.3980 points (151.9480 and 111.4500) and the basemark in the ninth element.
After the “Disco Dance” of the technician, they propose the lotus “The new world in which humanity will find itself in the future”. Substantial theme, challenging routine, which Enrica Piccoli & Co. face with a smile on their lips and strength in their legs, muscles and sequins. The choreography is by Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympic champion Anastasia Ermakova and coach and choreographer Milena Miteva, a peer and former opponent of Linda Cerruti, two senior world cup gold medalists and six world junior gold medalists. Before the finals, Spaniard Dennis Gonzales Boneu and naturalized Austrian triplets Anna Maria, Eirini and Vasiliki Alexandri were honored as athletes of the’year 2023.
