FINA World Championships | Audrey Lamothe: “The pleasure I felt is reflected in the rating I received”

Audrey Lamothe competed Wednesday in a second individual final in artistic swimming at the FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Under the framework of the classic Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Johannes Brahms, the Montrealer obtained a score of 85.4000 in the free solo, which earned her ninth place.

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“The swim went really well. I wanted to take the time to have fun and enjoy every moment. I believe that the pleasure I felt is well reflected in the rating I received. I started practicing this routine in March, I was ready,” said Lamothe, moments after the final.

“I first chose Hungarian Dance No. 5 because I liked it and I saw a beautiful choreography under this framework. It was even better since it’s music about Hungary and the World Championships are taking place in Budapest. »

Japan’s Yukiko Inui won a second individual gold medal at these World Championships with a score of 95.3667 points. She beat Ukrainian Marta Fiedina (93.8000) and Greek Evangelia Platanioti (91.7667). The podium is exactly the same as in the technical solo final played last Saturday.

With two solo finals at her world debut, Audrey Lamothe says she is extremely proud of the work accomplished. She who will also participate in the acrobatic routine on Thursday.

“I never want to set myself a result goal, I prefer to focus on what I control. My execution was great on all of my individual routines and that’s what I was hoping to be able to do. I’m happy with what I achieved, especially today (Wednesday) since it was the last time I did this routine,” explained Lamothe.

Qualifications for the acrobatic routine, a team event, will take place on Thursday while the final will be held on Saturday.

Water polo: Canada gives water polo lesson to Colombian women


Photo Szilard Koszticsak, Associated Press

Hayley McKelvey

In its second match of the FINA World Championships, Canada’s women’s water polo team gave Colombia no chance, winning 22-2.

Hayley McKelvey was the Canadian side’s offensive star with her five goals.

Axelle Crevier also had her say in the victory of hers with her hat trick. Amanda Amorosa hit the target twice while Shae La Roche was shut out of the scoresheet.

Goalkeepers Jessica Gaudreault and Clara Vulpisi shared the work in the Canadian net by stopping seven of Colombia’s nine shots. Valentina Restrepo and Carolina Ortega Fuentes were the only ones to thwart the vigilance of the Canadian goaltenders.

David Paradelo’s squad will face Hungary on Friday in their final round-robin encounter.

Swimming: Katerine Savard and Mary-Sophie Harvey contribute to the gold medal

Katerine Savard and Mary-Sophie Harvey joined forces with Rebecca Smith and Taylor Ruck in the 4x200m freestyle relay qualification to earn Canada a spot in the final. The Canadians stopped the clock at 7:53.59 to qualify for the final.

In the grand finale, Savard, Harvey and Smith gave way to Summer McIntosh, Kayla Sanchez and Penny Oleksiak. The foursome finished in third place (+3.31 seconds) and thus took the bronze medal.

Because of their participation in the qualifications, Savard and Harvey also obtain a medal in this event.

The Americans and Australians (+2.41 seconds) ranked first and second respectively.

In the 200m breaststroke, James Dergousoff took second place in his qualifying heat, but the 23e place in the general classification and was unable to qualify for the semi-finals.


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