This has been the summer of Iris Tió's (Barcelona, ​​​​2002) breakthrough. At the World Swimming Championships in Singapore, she won six medals, one of them the long-awaited gold medal in the solo. Free. No Catalan woman had ever won this medal, the last major hurdle in local artistic swimming. After a few days of rest in Priorat, Tió is back in the water. A few days before returning to work, she receives the ARA at the Sant Cugat High Performance Center, where she usually spends eight hours a day training. Key hours to understand the success of a woman who defines herself as shy but with clear ideas. Once she gets in the pool, she leaves no one indifferent.

Heartbreak is a concept often associated with negativity, but in Singapore it served as a catalyst for Iris Tió to continue making history at the World Swimming Championships. The Barcelona native added her third gold medal, tying the Spanish delegation with China for the most gold medals won: four. The latest medal came this Friday, along with that of Rubi swimmer Dennis González. The Catalan pair climbed to the top step of the podium in the mixed duet free routine (323.8563 points) after beating Russia, which competes under a neutral flag, (323.4438 points) and the United Kingdom (322.0583 points). China, the reigning champion in this event after beating Dennis González and Mireia Hernández last year in Doha, had to settle for sixth place.

Barcelona's Iris Tió was crowned world champion in the freestyle singles event of artistic swimming at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore on Tuesday. A historic feat, as it is the first time the Spanish delegation has climbed to the top step of the podium in this discipline. "I'm in shock," said Tió, exultant with happiness after completing a near-perfect routine.