Fabienne Bettina took second place in the final leg of the LEN Open Water European Cup in Barcelona with an exciting race, and because she overtook Italian Ariana Bridi, who was leading the overall standings, she finally became the winner of the Cup Series. !
Bettina Fabian, who has finished on the podium in the last three races, enters the water in first place overall, and the last three times she has always been ahead of overall leader Ariana Bridi (the world junior champion also won the last time in Velez), so the Italian’s lead is reduced to 50 points before the last race. So the task was given: to finish one point ahead of Bridi, preferably in the top three, where the difference is 100 points per position.
It went quite smoothly – Beattie was in front all the way, and although Australian Moesha Johnson, who started outside the EC field, was the first to get on the board, this time German Lia Bui was slightly faster, by 1.1 seconds. Ahead of Fabian, meaning he officially won the race in Barcelona. Bridi wasn’t even close – she didn’t even make it to the podium, finishing fourth, three seconds behind the young Hungarian classic.
By the way, winning the overall championship is also a great achievement because Betty started one fewer race than her Italian rival (she did not participate in Piombino). Our other competitor, Anna Olasz, who recently started training after her summer vacation and incidentally celebrated her lovely birthday four days ago, came in ninth place.
“This was the plan to win the overall race, and I wanted to win, but it didn’t work out: the Australian was far away, of course I’m sorry that the German overtook me, he simply swam and cut off.” In front of me, he still needs to practice avoiding this Bettina’s look at what happened. – It was clear that I was paying attention to Bridie, but she was actually behind me the whole time, so I was sure of the overall win in the end, because I knew that I would be guaranteed to be faster in the heat. Overall, I felt pretty good in the water, it wasn’t too fast, but I wouldn’t call it slow either. “I enjoyed the swim, which is good news, because I was sick for four days recently – school started again, and viruses started spreading right away – last week went in the trash, but fortunately I was able to recover from Monday.”
Next week, Betty will bid farewell to the world of age group competition, which has brought a string of gold medals so far (hopefully with another win) at the European Junior Championships in Corfu next week – and she also revealed the afternoon in Barcelona will be dedicated to spiritual renewal and, as is the case every year, They will visit wonderful Barcelona for its church, the Sagrada Familia.
In the men’s category, there was no Hungarian competitor. The competition was won by French world champion Marc-Antoine Olivier, who returned after a disciplinary punishment, while Italian Mario Sanzolo easily maintained his first place in the overall standings, after representing Fabian. , won the silver medal.
LEN European Open Water Cup – Stop 6, Barcelona
Women: 1. Lea Bui (German) 2:00:40.7, 2. Bettina Fabian 2:00:41.8… 9. Anna Ulaz 2:01:48.1
Men: 1. Marc-Antoine Olivier (France) 1:52:52.8
The final result of the complex
Women: 1. Fabian Bettina 3400 points, 2. Ariana Bridi 3300, 3. Leah Bui 3100
Men: 1. Mario Sanzolo 3600, 3. Marcelo Guidi 3100, 3. Marc-Antoine Olivier 1600
