Elisbet Gámez and Andrea Becali concluded with positive results the European Tour of Swimming Mare Nostrum 2023, which took place in Barcelona.
In accordance with HitGámez was in fifth position in the B final of the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 2:00.19 minutes.
The sports publication points out that the performance of the Baracoa native is identical to that of the qualifying series and positive for the preparation for the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador 2023. In this way, she became the most outstanding Latina in this event.
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Meanwhile, Andrea Becali swam the 200 freestyle for the third time and achieved 2:01.38, a mark that improved her personal record of 2:01.65, achieved in 2022.
Before reaching this B final with eighth place, in preliminaries she did 2:02.01, the same time as the Irish Victoria Catterson, both joined in 17th place.
In accordance with Hit, an extra series was necessary to determine who would advance to the final B . Andrea won with 2:02.18, one hundredth less than her bitter rival.
“A few hours later he jumped into the pool for the third time and did his best time trial,” reads the sports publication.
Both swimmers lead the 4×100 and 4×200 relays of Cuba, completed by Lorena González (Sancti Spíritus) and Laurent Estrada (Villa Clara), tests that give their coach Luisa María Mojarrieta hope of reaching the podium in San Salvador 2023.
In those 200-meter heats, Lorena came close to her best time with 2:03.47 minutes and ended up placing 29th.
Meanwhile, Laurent improved his record to 2:04.65 and settled in 36th seat among 64 registered, points out Hit.
