Mireya Belmonte must decide whether she will continue competing after failing to qualify for the Paris Games.

What was initially a suspicion eventually became an open secret; and now this is a certainty, after confirming that the bubble has burst and that Mireya Belmonte (Badalona, ​​1990) No will be in upcoming Paris Gameswhich would have been his fifth in history.

Although Belmonte promoted his Olympic plans in his promotional commitments and speeches to the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE), the swimming world had a very different idea of ​​what was actually happening.

And that’s what Mireya Belmonte (33 years old), who has not competed in a major international competition since swimming at the 2022 European Championships in Rome, has a complex shoulder problem which limits their productivity so much that for many months their training was practically based on footwork.

wound The focus is on the long head of the biceps tendon, which provides stability to the front of the shoulder. The only solution, according to some experts interviewed, would be Surgical intervention

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This decision would mean say goodbye Mireya Belmonte from Paris Games long before this, since the deadlines recovery prevented him making progress in his rehabilitation and being ready for what would be his last major assignment.

For this reason, Mireia Belmonte asked for other opinions and they proposed other solutions. avoid operating room and keep feeding your dream.

His last bullet was Summer Championship of Spainwhich ended this Saturday in Palma, some qualifiers, some “tests” in which the swimmers rushed through the qualifying options for Paris.

And this week in Palma, Mireia Belmonte couldn’t get out send yours brands in the 400m freestyle, as well as the 200m and 400m medley, simply because it is light years away from his records and the demands placed on Royal Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN).

In the 400 style dash he reached the final with 4:48.53, which is ten seconds above the minimum (4:38.53). In the final she swam half a second slower, 4:49.08. On Friday in the 200m individual medley, he reached the final with a time 2:17.95, in a test in which the Olympic minimum is 2:11.47; and in the final he was in 2:16.75.

He finished his participation with the 400-meter freestyle. The minimum in the quadruple hectometer was located at 4:07.90 and the woman from Badalona swam fastest in the final, in which she came sixth with a mark 4:20.72

very far from the time required to participate in the Games.

Technical Director of RFEN, Luis Villanuevarepeatedly interrogated several months before the competition in Palma, assured that “high expectations” should not be placed on Belmonte, and repeated that the swimmer’s “physical problems” prevented her perform at the desired level.

Belmonte suffered greatly due to his physical problems. He started preparing and was forced to stop, he had no continuity, he took one step forward and two steps back.

In the worst moments, she took refuge in her immediate surroundings, although there were fewer and fewer of them, because the swimmer I didn’t even want to hear about his resignation when this opportunity was offered.

At the end of 2023, Mireia Belmonte had to leave her club of the last eleven years, UCAM Murcia, and join the team. CN Barcelona. He continued his studies in Sant Cugat under the guidance of Ben Titleywho took over her guardianship from 2022, and continued to maintain a room in the Barcelona CAR, where she is the oldest resident, but the changes did not produce results.

Although he could swim less and less, Belmonte increased his skills. promotional events away from the pool, with bells for a specific brand cars or banking institution. In fact, his arrival at Barcelona is also part of his plan for the future.

Now the mystery is cleared up. Badalones, best swimmer in Spanish history,

Olympic champion, world and European champion, winner of four Olympic medals, she has an important decision to make. About how to meet the first day of your “after”.

But it won’t be something simple. In the hallways of Dream Hugo, Belmonte meditates and seems reluctant to close the door when the competition ends. You don’t need this test remain in memory as the last in her career, and that is why she is ready to postpone this moment, wait a couple of weeks before making a decision.

Do the operation and continue? Continue moving forward without surgery? u Should you have surgery to continue treatment or solve your shoulder problems once and for all? A response in a few weeks.