Zidi Yu has already made a name for herself in the world of swimming at just 12 years old. The Chinese athlete fell just six hundredths of a second short of bronze in the 200m individual medley at the World Swimming Championships in Singapore. With a time of 2:09.21, she surpassed the best Spanish time in this category, achieved by Catalan Mireia Belmonte at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona (2:09.45).

Three matches. Three wins. 62 goals scored. 17 conceded. These are the group stage figures for the Spanish women's water polo team, which has been competing in the World Cup in Singapore since July 11. With twelve Catalan players, out of the fourteen called up, the team coached by Jordi Valls (Terrassa, 1977) is already preparing for this Saturday's match (2:45 p.m. Spanish time / RTVE Play) against the Netherlands. "They're an opponent at our level who have good players in the two-meter line, good shuttlers, and a game based on speed, counterattacks, and one-on-one play," Valls analyzes.

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.