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There are golds that over time get lost in any box and silvers that are remembered forever. The eternal dichotomy between winning or leaving a mark, which many times do not go hand in hand. With that metaphor, the result of the last of the artistic swimming events at the European Championships in Paris is explained, the acrobatic, which crowned Russia on the podium, achieving a triple in the team events, but also brought Spain to the top in the memory of the synchro family.

Barça is moving for Julián Álvarez, even knowing the difficulty involved in signing the Argentine footballer. The Barcelona sporting director, Deco, has traveled to Madrid along with one of his collaborators, Joao Amaral, with the intention of meeting today with the attacker’s agent, Fernado Hidalgo, according to the newspaper ‘Sport’ and ‘Jijantes’ and this newspaper was able to confirm. Julián, who is still on vacation after the end of the World Cup, must rejoin Atlético’s discipline next Monday. During the World Cup tournament, the Argentine already took a step forward and stated that he wanted to leave the rojiblanco team to fulfill his dreams. Since then, he has maintained absolute silence. Deco seeks to unblock the signing and design, together with the footballer’s environment, the steps to take to approach it definitively.

“Show that they want me, that they come to negotiate and, in the end, it’s all talk. The good thing is that since I have a contract, I can wait and decide on my own,” Ferran Torres responded to Sportico during his media tour in the United States when asked what Barça should do to keep him. “For now, the only thing I know is that on August 12 I have to join there (in Barcelona) to train with the team. We’ll see what happens,” he added later on CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins. He had said something similar a few hours earlier on NBC’s Today show: “I have a contract (until June 30, 2027) with Barça but in football, you never know.”

At the Yeomju Gymnasium in the remote Gwangju of South Korea, next to the football stadium where Gamal al Ghandour’s most famous refereeing took place, the Iris Tió phenomenon emerged. It was July 2019 and the Barcelonan, barely 16 years old, attended as the youngest member of the team coached by Mayuko Fujiki, which had the undisputed star Ona Carbonell, who at those World Championships achieved the record for the most medals by a woman (22). Beside her, Tió, just a shy teenager with a wonderful future predicted. In the midst of that whirlwind that the mixed zone becomes, improvised next to the locker rooms in that inhospitable place, Andrea Fuentes appeared, who at that time was beginning her journey with the United States.

There are few sports as tough as swimming and gymnastics, whether in its artistic or rhythmic form. Thousands of hours in the pool in the first case, feeling the effort, the pressure, the pain in arms and legs, and the loneliness, do not forget the loneliness, as few specialties…

Rosalía explained, in meticulous detail, the creative process of her ‘Mio Cristo’, which narrates the devout relationship between Saint Clare of Assisi and Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century. It took her a while to find the point that gave meaning to all the thoughts swirling in her head, and she managed to make the click with the piano in Los Angeles, as detailed in ABC. Piano and Los Angeles, two terms linked to the life of Iris Tió, whose choreography in tribute to that Rosalía who so impresses the Spanish team (and artistic swimming in general, there are more and more routines with her themes) earned her the European gold thanks to a performance for the ages in Paris.

In an exciting final, Russia had taken the gold in the free team routine by beating Spain by only 2.5 points. Both countries had once again raised this historic artistic swimming showdown to another level, and the color of the final medal was decided by details. After a seemingly normal podium, Spanish outrage exploded on social media to expose a trap by the Russian team.

Heated pool, gym, billiards, foosball, ping-pong tables, and football fields as far as the eye can see. Hansi Flick is convinced that St. George’s Park has hosted the best preseason since his arrival at Barcelona in 2024. And, while a year ago Flick summarized his philosophy with a phrase that went viral – “Egos kill success” – twelve months later, with eight world champions, the German is convinced that his experience will be an added value. “Champions know how to win titles. It’s very important,” he said. A speech that reinforces the coach’s conviction that this Barcelona has more talent and a more mature mentality to fight for all the titles, especially for a Champions League that has become the main goal of the season. That said, Flick also made it clear that the squad is not yet finalized and that the dilemma remains that of the center forward.

Ferran Torres plays with his future and sends the message that he has no problem leaving Barça’s discipline to join Paris.

He did not win the final but Rafa Jódar is already fifteenth in the world. He did not take the title in Washington but climbed another step in a forward-moving career that is making him the breakthrough player of the season on the circuit. He fell to an experienced Taylor Fritz 7-6 (2), 6-4, in 1 hour and 49 minutes but gained valuable experience for upcoming commitments. It was only his second final after the one he won in Marrakech but in a tournament, the one in the US capital, of a higher category. A result that even allows him to dream of being in the ATP Finals. We will see, but his progression is there.