After the wonderful silver achieved yesterday by Ona Carbonell in the solo technical routine, the Spanish captain has jumped back into the swimming pool of the Kazan Arena this morning with the very young Clara Camacho in the unprecedented technical duet routine. The Spanish pair finished in fifth place, one point behind Ukraine and Japan, who will fight for the bronze, a very difficult distance to overcome in the final in the afternoon (16:30).
Camacho's life has quickly changed, a soloist from the junior team, born and raised in Madrid but resident in the CAR in Sant Cugat for the past four years. In May, after the European Cup, the coaching staff met with her and said: "Learn the choreography of the technical routine." Against the clock, Camacho, who is better at technical elements than Paula Klamburg, is the bet for the Rio Olympics and has had to synchronize her movements with Ona, a difficult task that requires competitions and hours of work to create that necessary symbiosis.
In the morning test, the Spanish duo achieved a score of 89.3526. The Ukrainian duo slipped away, having already defeated them in the past European competition and proving to be one step ahead this season (90.2596). China and Russia, two more consolidated duos who master execution and technique like no one else, are playing in another league. The Asian pair obtained a score of 92.2791 while the Russian pair stayed at 94.5715. And the surprise was Japan, which had been warning with a powerful junior team and the return of the coach who had led them to medals in the past (90.3504).
This afternoon, the Spanish team will try to improve their score, but the judges' decision has been decisive in an Olympic event, let's not forget.