Synchronous swimmer Klara Bleyer missed the hoped -for medal at the World Championships in Singapore.
The 21-year-old took fifth place in the free freestyle of the solo competition as in the technical freestyle. Bleyer is European champion in the free freestyle and had traveled to Southeast Asia with medal hopes. A podium would have been historical. A German dubbed swimmer has never won a World Cup medal.
The athlete of the free swimmers Bochum showed the highest level of difficulty in the final of the entire competition and received 237,5600 points for her freestyle. That is personal best. At the end of bronze and Vasilina Khandoschka from Belarus, which is under a neutral flag, there were no 1.9837 points in the end. The Spaniard Iris Tió Casas secured gold, silver the Chinese Xu Huiyan.
Criticism of the Judges
Bleyer disagreed with the awarding of the judges. “The only thing that bothers me a bit is that I was rated a bit in the Artistic Impression. I have fewer points than all year round, although I swim the same freestyle all year round”, ” she said with a view to the artistic expression.
“Artistic impression is almost only judged by people and I have the feeling that there is still a little bit of nations”, “ said Bleyer. This evaluation practice “deep roots in our sport”.
Hope for Olympics 2028
Bleyer still sees herself and her team on the right track and hopes for an Olympic participation in 2028. For the summer games, she wants to qualify with Amélie Blumenthal HAZ in a duet. “We just have to present ourselves at every competition for the next few years, always deliver so that the judges simply perceive and see us: Germany is there, Germany is good.”