If he dreamed of great in Budapest on December 13, when Carles Coll He was proclaimed world of short pool in 200 Brazaanother day comes to do it. The Tarraconense has signed a portentous performance in the Singapore World Cup semifinals To, this time in long pool, get among the eight best in the world of his test and present a candidacy, at least, to fight in the fight for medals.
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Carles Coll is also among the best in fifty meters pool. His progression, which reached the culminating point in the winter season, wants to live one more point this week in Asian lands. At the moment, he has done it big, because Coll is already a worldwide finalist and has a ticket to continue dreaming this Friday.
Carles has not only classified for the final, but has done it with a brand to be in the fight. Equality is maximum, with six men in practically half second. Among them is the Sabadell swimmer raised at the Tàrraco Swimming Club. Coll has been fifth in the semifinals with 2: 08.49 in a round dominated by Ippei Watanabe (2:08.01) But with others in a fist. This is reflected in the 2: 08.34 of AJ Pouch (Carles' companion in Virginia Tech), the 2: 08.44 of Caspar Corbeau, the 2: 08.45 of Yamato Fukasawa or the 2: 08.55 by Aleksandr Zhigalov. This Friday at 2:18 p.m. is the big appointment.
Coll had marked a remarkable 2: 10.30 in the morning, five hundredths from his personal brand. He had warned. “I think I have a little more,” he had said. That little has become a reduction of almost two seconds in its time to, with 2: 08.49, melt your previous personal brand of 2: 10.25achieved in Sacramento a few weeks ago during its preparation, in Virginia Tech under Sergi López. Only López himself (sixth in 1991) and Joaquín Fernández (fourth in 1991 and sixth in 1994) They had reached in Spanish code a World Cup Final in 200 Broya Long Pool.
The 2: 09.69 by Melquiades Álvarez with 'Magic Bathroom' as a record of Spain is already historybut who knows if there will still be a plus. Coll, at least, is in the fight, having fought until the end also in an equal second semifinal, with five men in a fist and with third place for a Spanish swimmer who has tied the pass to the final without problems.
Valient from the beginning in its semifinal, Coll has come to the wake of Aj Pouch and has never lowered the rhythm. In fact, he has taken the leadership in one hundred, passing to just seventeen hundredths of the pass time of Qin Haiyang when he beat the world record. Far from paying rhythm, Carles has endured, third in one hundred and then progressing to second place. Between that second and fourth positions it has oscillated and has left the fourth of the last turn, but its final meters have served him to Touch the wall and tie the final.
With the fifth best time, only Watanabe has shown something else during this penultimate round, so the fight for medals will be equally. Qin Haiyang, in fact, has passed eighth with 2: 09.32. Whatever happens, Coll continues to evolve big, gets his first very prominent result in long pool and continues with that hunger he promised after triumphing in the winter season. This Friday, nothing another World Cup final, this time, in the great Singapore event.
RESULTS OF THE MALE SEMIFINALS OF 200 BROZA (Top8)
1. ippei watanabe (Japan) 2: 08.01
2. AJ POUCH (United States) 2: 08.34
3. Caspar Corbeau (Netherlands) 2: 08.44
4. Yamato Fukasawa (Japan) 2: 08.45
5. Carles Coll (Spain) 2: 08.49 (Spain record)
6. Aleksandr zhigalov (Rusia, Neutral) 2: 08.55
7. Kirill Prigoda (Russia, Neutral) 2: 08.91
8 Qin Haiyang (China) 2:09.32
