Carlos Gimeno He has written his name in the sports history books by getting a Silver in the 27 -meter platform final of the World Cups Christmas Singapore. With this medal it has become the first Spaniard to climb to the World Cup podium in the jumps of great height. A whole deed that, however, did not serve to alleviate the disappointment of the Canarian jumper, who had headed the competition since the first round of jumps.
«I'm very sad. It will be hard to recover from this, but I will come back”Gimeno said as soon as the competition concludes. And is that Carlos Gimeno, who He agreed to the final with the best score of all participantsseemed to secure the gold medal after a spectacular penultimate jump.
A mortal quantuple backward in a shrunk position that earned the Spanish, 35, a note of 143.10 points, which served Gimeno to consolidate in the first place of the classification with a total of 310.50 units. Almost twenty -five more -24.70- than the American James Lichtensteinfourth last year in the World Cups, second with a note of 285.80 points, and thirty more than the Mexican Jonathan Paredeswinner of a silver and two world bronzes.
🔝Carlos Gimeno continues to go for all in the High During 27 meters contest
💪That the two jumps of this Friday the Spanish is second with a total score of 450'65
Impressive, Carlos!#AQUASingapore2025 pic.twitter.com/tIvzJNipfB
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Further back the Romanian was still Constantin Popoviciworld champion two years ago in Fukuoka, in Japan, who in the absence of the last jump, was relegated to the fourth position with a score of 267.70 units, 42 less than the Grancanario. Differences that placed Carlos Gimenowinner of this course of the second stage of the world circuit played in the Italian town of Polignano to Mare, as the top favorite to win the victory, given the security he had shown in each and every one of his jumps.
But the medals are very expensive and more in a World Cup, as the Romanian made clear Constantin Popoviciwhich put access to the very expensive podium, after closing its series with a spectacular deadly and middle triple back with three tirabuzons. A monumental jump that allowed Popovici to increase to the first provisional place with a total score of 408.70 pointswhich forced to show his best version to Mexican Paredes, the American Lichtenstein and the Spanish Gimeno.
Mark that the Mexican Jonathan Paredesthat this podium season had not been lowered in the World Cup tests, could not overcome, after having to settle for a final grade of 407.40 unitsdespite the magnificent sensations he left with the jump with which he closed his contest.
Who could overcome the Romanian was the American James Lichtensteinwho presented his candidacy for the gold medal with the mortal quantuple back 428.90 points. A brand that forced Carlos Gimeno, 35, to add, at least 118.40 points in his last goal to keep the first place he had occupied since the first day of competition.
Figure that seemed within the reach of the Spanish jumper, which last Thursday achieved a note of 142.80 units with the deadly and average quadruple backward with balance in equilibrium, one of the specialties of the Canarian, which Gimeno chose to close his participation in Singapore. But unlike what happened throughout the contest, Carlos Gimeno failed to 'clean' perfectly the entry into the waterwhich did not go unnoticed by the judges, which They granted 114.80 points to Spanish.
A note that left the Spanish swimmer at 3.60 units of the first step of the podiumwhich condemned Carlos Gimeno, who had so far as the best result in some World Cups the sixth place that he achieved in 2023 in Fukuoka, to have to settle for the silver medal. A success, despite the bittersweet taste that initially left the Canarian jumper, who rewarded Gimeno's sensational work in Singapore, where he made history for Spanish swimming from the 27 -meter platform.
