Iris tió He has left his name in the legend of Spanish artistic swimming after proclaiming himself Free World Champion. Never in history a Spanish swimmer had conquered the sky in the individual modality.
The modality in which it reigned for years Gemma Mengualbut in which it also coincided with a Natalia ishchenko and one Virginie Dedieu that the doors of triumph closed every time, whether in the coach or in free. Mengual hung two bronzes in the unique routine of alone in 2003 and in 2005 and did not lower the rhythm when the modality was separated into technical routine and free routine. In 2009, especially, the judges denied Gemma the possibility of beating Ishchenko.
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The gold reward did not arrive. The 2007 Melbourne World Cup was the first to separate the routines. Mengual added two silver in free and one silver and a bronze in the technique In the two championships he played with this test distribution. Ishchenko and Dedieu, once again, prevented the prize from being older.
After Mengual arrived Andrea Fuenteswith whom it is in the coaching staff of the selection that has led Iris to heaven. Fuentes played a World Solista, Shanghai 2011. Silver in just free and bronze in just coach And it made it clear that Spain had come to stay and to call the doors of glory as many times as it was needed.
He assumed that role Ona Carbonellthe Spanish with more medals in the routines of alone. He played four world championships with an effectiveness as bright as his performances. Were Three silver and a bronze in the only coach of the 'Svetlanas' Romashina and Koleshnichenko. Ishchenko joined them in a libre in which Ona captured two silver and two bronzes.
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And then she arrived. The Japanese Mayuko Fujiki risked in the 'post -ona' transition in the single. Before Tokyo's games, he gave all the gallons in the world to Iris tióthinking about the future in the long term. The pandemia caused the first World Cup with Iris as a soloist to be that of 2022. It was sixth in the free and did not play the coach. In 2023 he finished eighth in the free and already left his stamp with a bronze medal in the coach. In 2024, Olympic year, the duo and the team captured all the attention.
But in 2025, with finished games, the commitment to individual modality has returned. With a choreography to the rhythm of the 'Hymne à l'amour' with which he has made great effort this season and with the arrival on the bench of Andrea Fuentesthe long -term bet is already a reality. Iris tió is a free world champion And this test adds to the technical team, the free team, to the free combined, to the only male free and to the only male technician in the payroll of disciplines with national seal. Spanish artistic swimming has knocked down a barrier that had never been reached before.
