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Mireia Belmonte has Phelpsian qualities

By rokurMarch 31, 2011Updated:April 2, 20111 Comment1 Min Read

Technical director for Spanish swimming, Luis Villanueva, told reporters this week that Mireia Belmonte has Phelpsian qualities. “She is a swimmer with a beastly talent, there are very few like her.” She answered by bagging two titles on the first day of the Spanish Open in Madrid, clocking a Spanish record 2:06.25 in the 200 butterfly, and wiping 15 seconds off her best 800 freestyle time with 8:27.88. Read more here on SwimNews.com.

mireia-belmonte-at-rijeka-2008 — Mireia Belmonte García at the European Short Course Championships in Rijeka 2008

Mireia Belmonte García

rokur

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