The start was very strong, the partials pointed to marks three seconds below the personal best, fourth position was on his side for more than half the race, fifth place was determined by a small difference of about three tenths: Tamila Holub finished the final of the 1,500 free meters of the European Long Swimming in Pool, equaling the best national result in history in the women’s table and getting closer to making even more history in an already historic edition for Portugal.
In a race dominated entirely by the simona quadarella italian, which ended with 15.54.15, very soon the medals were also reduced to the fight of two swimmers, with the Hungarian Viktoria Mihalyvari being able to be stronger in the final part than the also transalpine Martina Rita Caramignoli (16.02.15 to 16.12.39). The Spanish Paula Otero Fernández managed to finish in fourth position (16.18.27).
Tamila Holub finished with a time of 16.18.64, in a fight to the end with the Spaniard who was on track 8 (the athlete from Sp. Braga was on track 3). Diana Durães, the other Portuguese woman who was in the final of the 1,500 meter freestyle (for Benfica), She finished in seventh position with 16.26.53, ahead of the Belgian Alisee Pisane (16.37.34) but behind the Spanish Ángela Martínez Guillén (16.22.37).
It should be noted that Portugal thus has three fifth places as best performances in history in the European women’s team: Ana Catarina Monteiro in the 200m breaststroke in Glasgow-2018, Camila Rebelo in the 200m backstroke in this edition in Rome and now Tamila Holub in the 1500m freestyle. In the men’s table, Portugal also won its third medal in 2022 after Yokochi and Alexis Santos, with Diogo Ribeiro taking bronze in the 50m butterfly final.
Source: Observadora
