In a very unpredictable final, Daniel Restrepo from Colombia, was the surprising winner of the men's 3m springboard final, the second event of the diving competition at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. Only sixth after the preliminaries, the 2018 junior world champion presented a programme with a total DD of 18.0 for five dives. The problem with difficult dives is that you have to execute them right to justify the option for a riskier presentation. The 18-year-old Colombian not only did them well, but he could also benefit from his main challengers' weak points.
In the pool deck, as a member of the FINA Technical Diving Committee, she remains discreet, making sure with her colleagues that everything is in place for the optimal organisation of the diving events at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires (ARG). She is happy to be on the "other side" of the curtain, after an amazing career that ended after the 2016 Olympics in Rio 2016. By then, she had accumulated five Games' gold medals and had been 10 times on the podium (including six on the highest march) of the FINA World Championships.
After six days of competition, 36 finals and almost 400 athletes in the pool, the swimming events are now over at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. In the Argentinean capital, many National Federations saw their best junior athletes shine at the highest level. The best possible proof of this accomplishment is the medal chart of the competition, where no less than 33 nations had at least one podium presence at these Games.
Two major swimming stars were happy to share their experiences at the IF Focus Day, organised in the Athletes' Village at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires (ARG). Thiago Pereira, from Brazil, and Mireia Belmonte, from Spain, were invited to join the initiative, devoted, this Friday, to Aquatics. Three presentations were made to the athletes, coaches and officials present in the assistance: "Safeguarding in Social Media", "Improvement of your Sport performance", and "FINA Activities and Development Programme".