"We came to the conclusion that it was better to play together," joke Ariadna Ruiz (Rubí, 2002) and Elena Ruiz (Rubí, 2004). They've almost always played together, but for a brief period they faced each other in the water polo league. It didn't last long. "It's just that we understand each other with a glance. Or not even that. In the pool, sometimes you think you know what a teammate will do, but you don't always get it right. Maybe you ask her for the ball... That doesn't happen with her; you don't have to ask her for it. It's like telepathy. I think about what she'll do, and, indeed, she does it," says the younger sister about the older one. And Ariadna nods in agreement.

Josep Farré (Barcelona, ​​1946) will once again be the oldest swimmer this Saturday, competing in an Open Water Championship. He was the oldest swimmer last April in Ibiza at the national tournament. Now he will repeat the goal in Tarragona with the aim of completing the three kilometers in a time close to an hour. "It's been many years since I've had the goal of improving my times. At the beginning, I did them in about 50 minutes, but over the years, it's normal to lose speed and strength," he explains in a conversation with ARA. At the Spanish Championships in April, he completed the crossing in one hour and two minutes.

Two seconds. CN Sant Andreu only dominated the scoreboard of the Women's Champions League final for two seconds, the last. And so they were crowned European champions for the first time in Piraeus (Greece). by defeating CN Sabadell. The MVP of the final was Nona Pérez (2003), a Sabadell native who shines for Sant Andreu. The international player welcomes ARA to the club's headquarters, where the trophy is on display at the entrance. Since the trophy disappears for a while during the photo shoot, she takes the opportunity to take photos and send them to her teammates: "I stole it, I have it," she jokes.

There will be a Catalan derby in the final of the women's water polo Champions League. Astralpool CN Sabadell and CN Sant Andreu will face each other at the Petros Kapagerov swimming pool in Piraeus, the venue for the final four. The Vallecas team got the job done first, defeating the hosts, Olympiakos (13-15), while the Barcelona team prevailed over Ferencváros (10-7). It will be the first time that Sant Andreu will play in the match for the top European club title, quite the opposite for Sabadell, the reigning champions and vying for an eighth crown.

CN Sant Andreu has been crowned European women's water polo champion for the first time (9-8) after dethroning champions CN Sabadell in a historic final in Piraeus, Greece. The final seemed in the hands of the Vallesans, but a 0-3 run in the final minutes gave the title to Javi Aznar's team. This was Sant Andreu's first Champions League final, and they reached the top thanks to a goal three seconds from time from the young Queralt Antón.