The free mixed duo, with Dennis Gonzalez and Mireia Hernández, hangs the bronze at the Fukuoka World Cup

2023-07-22 07:44:42

He Spanish free mixed duo, with Dennis González and Mireia Hernández, won the bronze medal in the World Swimming Championships which is being disputed in Fukuoka (Japan) after a performance that made them add 183.4207 points.

Spain was behind the 225.1020 of the Chinese pair formed by Wentao Cheng and Haoyu Shi and the Mexican made up of Diego Villobos and Itzamary González Cuellar, with some 192.5500 points that allowed them to achieve their first medal in artistic swimming.

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For their part, Dennis Gonzalez and Mireia Hernández added five fewer points in their routine compared to Friday’s preliminary round, after suffering one more penalty in one of their hybrids, in the sixth, as well as in the last, which they committed on both occasions.

However, they returned to keep the best score in artistic impression with 89.2500 points, and allowed the Spanish couple to secure bronze ahead of Colombia (170.2208).

Dennis González, 19, and Mireia Hernández, 21, thus achieved the seventh metal for Spain in the Fukuoka World Cup with which it is the third bronze, in addition to three golds and one silver; equaling his best record of medals in a World Cup, that of Barcelona 2013.

Classification of the free mixed duet final:

.1. China: 225,1020

.2. Mexico: 192.5500

.3. Spain: 183.4207

.4. Colombia: 170,2208

.5. Great Britain: 151.5416

.6. Serbia: 146,5708

.7. Belgium: 144.7812

.8. Thailand: 135.6167

.9. Kazakhstan: 133.6979

10. South Korea: 125.1542

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