Anastasia Gurbanko continues to present an amazing graph of progress, and at the age of only 18 she can be said to have become the greatest swimmer in the history of Israeli swimming. Now that’s a fact, after what she did last night (Friday) at the pool in Abu Dhabi, where she won the World Short Course Swimming Championship in the first World Cup final of her career.
Gorbanko on his way to close a crazy year. Or rather, eight crazy months. In May she won the gold medal at the European Championships in long pools in Budapest, last November she was also crowned European champion in short pools in Kazan, in between she became the first Israeli swimmer to qualify for the Olympic finals Also at the World Short Course Championships.
And it’s not just about that. Gorbanko has made significant progress in the world of swimming in recent months and has upgraded its status. She managed to impress in the ISL and became a prominent swimmer in the prestigious league, in the World Cup in Berlin she was ranked in first place overall in light of the results she achieved, and she breaks many personal and national records in recent times. Time and time again she proves she has a special talent.
Professional sources in the swimming team claim that Anastasia Gurbanko presents an impressive and well-timed progress graph, exactly according to the plans, made in a controlled manner with the intention of seeing her on the podium with an Olympic medal in Paris 2024. “ . “It is still in its infancy, so it will continue to work as planned, and there is no doubt that it will be able to develop and grow in the coming years,” the team said.
For 18-year-old Gorbanko the competition in Abu Dhabi is the last on the calendar. On December 29, she will put on a uniform and enlist in the army. While her training and competitions do a pretty meticulous and timed job, the internship was also pre-planned so that she would enlist just in time when she had to rest according to the professional plan so that she would not miss anything. After the current world championship, her next big competition will only be in May so the recruitment should not hurt her. She will undergo a short internship, after which she will be able to return to preparing for next year’s World Championships and European Championships.
Rest is also important to her, of course, because Gurbanko has gone through busy months at work. Since the Tokyo Olympics she has rested a bit, gone to four ISL competitions, participated in the World Cup in Berlin, from there to the European Championships in Kazan, participated in three more competitions in the ISL semi-finals and another competition in the league final, and now she appears in the Abu World Championships Doby. “It’s part of the approach in the work method that was built for her, to let her compete relatively much so that out of this sequence of competitions she could improve and gain experience. This is an approach led by Dave Marsh together with the team’s coach Ehud Segal, “said the swimming association.
The world championship in short pools has not yet ended for Gurbanko. Even today (Saturday) she will continue to compete in the pool in Abu Dhabi and later she is expected to participate in her stronger ointments, in the personal mixed style, where she proves how diverse a swimmer she is. The team is keeping its finger on the pulse when it comes to dealing with it and they will have to regulate the loads on it, although the intention is that in the future Anastasia will be able to swim several times a day in the biggest competitions.
Winning the gold medal in the 50-meter breaststroke in short pools of up to 25 meters may not receive a grant from the state or the Olympic Committee because it is not considered an Olympic profession – but quietly, Anastasia Gurbanko becomes the next thing in world swimming and it is not unlikely Many also in the future.
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