Belmonte pay the bronze with 400 free disposal

Spanish swimmer Mireia Belmonte will miss his second final at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after failing to overcome the series of the 400 free meters in a second day in which Duane da Rocha and Jessica Vall could not overcome the semifinals in 100 backstroke and breaststroke, while the men 's relay gave the good news of the day with Spain's record in the 4x100 free.

Catalan, bronze in the 400 styles, had he said before arriving in Brazil that one of his aspirations was to compete in all finals of the six disciplines that would swim, but could not make it in the 400 free, where surely paid the effort of their success hours earlier.

The Badalona ended late in the day on Saturday and seemed not have his usual coolness in his second Olympic event, which is not one of his specialties, always swimming quite behind and can not be traced and the final of the 400 styles. In the end, the triple Olympic medalist finished in fifth place in the series, with a time of 4: 08.12, fifteenth fastest time.

Nor was lucky the other representative in the test, Melanie Costa. The Spaniard was over unless and finished sixth in his series with a time of 4: 08.96, seventeenth time, and far from its record of Spain (4: 02.47).


Yes surpassed national record holder, despite being eliminated, the 4x100 free relay formed by Markel male Alberdi, Miguel Ortiz Cañavate, Aitor Martinez and Bruno Ortiz Cañavate. The quartet achieved a mark of 3: 16.71, six hundredths better than the previous mark.

On the other hand, Duane da Rocha and Jessica Vall ran out at the end hectómetro back and breaststroke. Malaga qualified for the semifinals with a time of 1: 00.87, fifteenth in total, but could not get among the top eight despite improving his lap time (1:00:85).

In addition, Jessica Vall did the same in the 100 breaststroke in 1: 07.07, recording that allowed sneak into semis with the fourteenth-best. However, just as Da Rocha, Catalan could not get into the final to finish eighth in its series with 1: 07.55.

Finally, the young swimmer Hugo Gonzalez was eliminated in the series of the 100 backstroke after finishing with the twenty fastest time with 54.18.

THREE WORLD RECORDS

The second day of swimming left three world records, one of them in the hands of the British espectular Adam Peaty, who won gold in the 100 breaststroke after setting a timer in 57.13 seconds. The metal was the first for the UK in swimming since Seoul 1988.

In addition, the young Peaty, who also broke his own record in the first round, is the first man to cut 58 seconds in the history of the breaststroke.

Meanwhile, the American Katie Ledecky not fail in 400 free thanks to a time of 3 minutes 56.46 seconds, a mark two seconds below his previous world record. He completed the second chapter in the National Center of Rio Swedish record in 100 butterfly Sarah Sjostrom (55.48 seconds).

As icing, Michael Phelps its twenty-third Olympic medal (19 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze) took after forming part of 4x100 free relay that won the Olympic title. The shark of Baltimore , the great attraction of the pool, beat with Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Held and Nathan Adrian.