FINA Trophy 2008 (results)

DUETS / DUETOS:
1. Gemma Mengual/Andrea Fuentes (ESP) 99.000
2. Wenwen Jiang/Tingting Jiang (CHN) 97.000
3. Anzhelika Timanina/Daria Korobova (RUS) 96.667

THEMATIC DUETS / DUETOS TEMATICOS:
1. Gemma Mengual/Andrea Fuentes (ESP) 99.000
2. Wenwen Jiang/Tingting Jiang (CHN) 97.000
3. Saya Kimura/Maya Kimura (JPN) 96.000

TEAMS / EQUIPOS:
1. Spain 99.666
2. China 98.000
3. Russia 97.000

COMBOS:
1. Spain 99.000
2. China 98.666
3. Russia 97.334

Complete results here / aqui

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Christmas Prize 2008

This weekend I went to Prague (CZE) to Judge at the Christmas Prize, an event that brings more and more swimmers every year and I am very glad I have the opportunity to join them. Honestly, I was amazed by the numbers:

• 210 swimmers (13-15 age group)
• 53 swimmers (Senior)
• 32 Clubs
• 52 Judges
• 16 Countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Croacia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Japan, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, the Czech Republic as the host country and myself from Venezuela)

It has been a very nice experience for me and I am willing to Judge at different events also near by; being a Judge is a long learning process that might never end but most definitely, all of us who have decided to become a Judge, are up to go all the way :) and yes, after having a small walk around the town, you could definitely feel that it was Christmas there!

Este fin de semana fui a Praga (CZE) para participar como Juez en el Christmas Prize, un evento de categorias que cada ano atrae a mas y mas participantes y yo estoy, ciertamente, muy contento de haber tenido la oportunidad de participar este ano. Honestamente, me quede sorprendido con los numeros:

• 210 atletas (categoria 13-15)
• 53 atletas (categoria senior)
• 32 Clubes
• 52 Jueces
• 16 Paises Countries (Alemania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croacia, Dinamarca, Eslovaquia, Grecia, Hungria, Japon, Polonia, Rusia, Serbia, Suecia, Suiza, la Republica Checa como anfitrion y mi persona, en representacion de Venezuela)

Ha sido una experiencia muy grata para mi y estoy dispuesto a seguir viajando para participar como Juez en otros eventos en paises cercanos; ser Juez es un proceso de aprendizaje muy largo que probablemente no tenga final pero definitivamente, todos los que hemos tomado la decision de ser Jueces, estamos dispuestos a recorrer ese camino :) y si, luego de dar una vuelta por la ciudad, se podia sentir que ya es Navidad!

Info and results here / aqui

Burbujas Freixenet'08

Spain, silver medalist at the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, appear in a TV advertisement which is quiet interesting, painted in gold, it is all made the way that you don't know what is up and what is down, nice stuff :)

Video link here

Espana, medallistas de plata en los Juegos Olimpicos Pekin 2008, aparecen en una propaganda de television que es bastante interesante, banadas en oro, el video esta hecho de forma que se confunde el arriba con el abajo :)

Enlace al video aqui