Artistic swimming team, sixth place at the World Championships in Singapore
Artistic swimming team, sixth place at the World Championships in Singapore
Chinese undines took first place, followed by Japan and Spain
▲ China claimed its fourth consecutive title and proved it has plenty of talent. Photo Xinhua
From the Editorial Staff
La Jornada Newspaper, Monday, July 21, 2025, p. a10
The Mexican artistic swimming team opened up new ground unthinkable a decade ago by including Diego Villalobos in the free routine at the World Championships in Singapore, where the team finished sixth.
One day after winning the bronze medal in the technical solo event, the Guadalajara native competed alongside Regina Alférez, Fernanda Arellano, Miranda Barrera, Itzamary González, Glenda Inzunza, Joana Jiménez, and Pamela Toscano to become the first male member of a team in this type of competition.
Villalobos, 20, danced to the strains of "Monarch Butterflies" with the national team, earning 309.5349 points after obtaining 69.100 for difficulty, 135.1500 for artistic impression, and 174.3849 for execution. Mexico was the highest-ranking Latin American country.
Diego only joined the national team this year, but he's developed good chemistry with his teammates.
China was crowned with 348,4779, followed by Japan (334,7232) and Spain, third (321,1328).
Today, the competition will continue with the men's solo freestyle finals, featuring Villalobos and the women's technical duet, featuring Mexicans Arellano and González.
Maintains hegemony
The Chin team, coached by Spaniard Anna Tarrés, won its fourth consecutive title, and 17-year-old Xu Huiyan achieved her second gold in two days.
Although the team lost two key players due to injury after the World Cup Super Final, the Asians demonstrated that they have more than enough talent to fill the gap.
Tarrés arrived in China in 2023 after winning four Olympic medals with Spain. His most recent achievement with the Asian team was the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Spain returns to the podium
In Singapore, Spain returned to the World Cup podium after more than a decade of drought.
After finishing fourth in three consecutive world championships, the Europeans won a medal for the first time since Barcelona 2013, and they did so with a novel and risky approach, with a mixed team featuring Dennis González alongside Iris Tió, Txell Ferré, Paula Ramírez, Cristina Arámbula, Alisa Ozhogina, Marina García Polo, and Sara Saldaña.
The team free routines last three minutes and 30 seconds, making them the longest of the 11 artistic swimming programs at the world championships. China earned $50,000 for the victory.
Wellbrock, fourth gold
The German athletes regained the gold medal in the 4x1500m mixed relay after missing out on the podium at Fukuoka 2023 and Doha 2024, while Florian Wellbrock, one of their members, earned his fourth gold medal.
The team took no chances in Singapore, assembling their best possible lineup to reclaim the title they won at Budapest 2022. The team remained undefeated after winning gold medals in the 10, 5, and 3-kilometer sprint heats .
"I couldn't sleep well yesterday
," Wellbrock said. "I was also nervous going into today's relay. I'm very proud of my team; we did a great job. Four golds in four events is incredible
."
With information from Europa Press
Jess Carter denounces being a victim of racism at the Women's Euro Cup
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La Jornada Newspaper, Monday, July 21, 2025, p. a10
Zurich. England defender Jess Carter has said she has experienced online racism during the Women's European Championship. The player was heavily criticized after her team's opening defeat to France, despite the Three Lions remaining in the semifinals of the tournament.
"Since the beginning of the tournament, I've experienced a lot of racial abuse
," he wrote in an Instagram post yesterday. "While I feel every fan has the right to their opinion on the performance and outcome, I don't agree with or think it's right to attack someone based on their appearance or race
."
Carter has made 49 appearances for the national team and was part of the squad that won the Euro 2022, as well as an integral part of the World Cup runner-up team against Spain the following year.
As always, I'm grateful for all the support from the true fans, but I'm taking this step (staying away from social media) to protect myself and stay focused on helping the team in any way I can
, she added.
The Football Association has contacted the police in the UK. Our priority is Jess and giving her all the support she needs
, said FA CEO Mark Bullingham. As soon as we learned of the racist abuse she received, we immediately contacted the police
.
Bullingham added that the FA had put in place measures to respond quickly, as sadly, this isn't the first time this has happened to an England player
. Her teammates responded to her post with messages of support.
England defender Lucy Bronze wrote about the group's decision. "I think it was just a question of what we felt as a group: Is the message as strong as it used to be? Is it really having an impact? Because for us, it doesn't seem like it's happening, as these things still happen to our players in the biggest tournaments of their lives
."
▲ The Hidalgo team failed to secure its third consecutive title after the 2025 Clausura and the Campeon de Campeonas. Photo courtesy of Tuzas
From the Editorial Staff
La Jornada Newspaper, Monday, July 21, 2025, p. a11
Pachuca's Tuzas saw their winning streak halted after being thrashed 3-0 by Brazilian club Palmeiras in the semifinals of The Women's Cup, played yesterday at Arena Barueri in Sao Paulo, preventing them from advancing to the final.
With this defeat in their debut in the competition, the Hidalgo team, which lost the opportunity to win its third consecutive title after recently winning the Clausura 2025 tournament of the Liga MX Femenil and the Campeón de Campeonas, will face Sao Paulo of Brazil next Thursday for third place.
Meanwhile, the Rio de Janeiro team will fight for the tournament title that same day against Racing Louisville of the United States.
Palmeiras' goals were the work of Brena Carolina Vianna (25th minute), Soll Oliveira (39th) and Taina Maranhão (60th, from a penalty).
The Brazilian team made the most of their home advantage and imposed their influence from the start of the match, while the Mexican squad, led by Óscar Torres, was unable to find a way into the opponent's box.
Palmeiras quickly opened the scoring. In the 25th minute, Brena headed a corner kick past Tuzas goalkeeper Esthefanny Barreras to make it 1-0.
The home side's second goal came in the 38th minute, after Oliveira took advantage of a defensive error by the Hidalgo side to send the ball into the back of the net and make it 2-0 before halftime.
In the second half, the game continued in the same vein. Palmeiras dominated possession, while the Tuzas, led by their striker Charlyn Corral, lacked clarity in attack and committed several defensive errors.
The lack of goals caused Pachuca's squad to fall into despair, which led to the Brazilian team's third blow. A foul in the box by Daniela Flores was awarded a penalty, which Taina correctly executed to make it 3-0 in the 60th minute.
In stoppage time, the Tuzas were reduced to one player less in the 91st minute after another foul by Flores, who, after blocking an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, earned himself a red card, further compounding his team's painful defeat.
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