Mireia Belmonte García has put Spain on the scoreboard at the London Games…
The 21-year-old Spanish swimmer earned silver in the final of the 200 meter butterfly in women’s swimming on Wednesday with a time of 2:05.25 to give Spain its first medal of the 2012 Olympic Games in any event.
But that’s not all… Belmonte’s surprise performance was only the second Olympic medal in swimming for a Spanish woman.
Belmonte was thisclose to swimming her way to the gold medal, leading the pack throughout the race. But China’s Jiao Liuyang produced a potent last lap to zoom past Belmonte for the gold and set a new Olympic record with a time of 2:04.06.
Japan’s Natsumi Hoshi finished third to take the bronze.
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Mireia Belmonte is officially Spain’s swimming sensation… The 25-year-old Spanish swimmer raced her way to first place in the Women’s 200 Meter Butterfly at the 2016 Rio Games on Wednesday to become the first Spanish woman to win an Olympic swimming gold medal. Belmonte, a two-time silver medalist at the…
Mireia Belmonte is back to being Spain’s medal darling… The 25-year-old Spanish swimmer, who claimed her country’s first medal at the 2012 London Games, earned her country its first medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Belmonte took home the bronze medal in the Women's 400m Individual Medley at the 2016…
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