(Sportcom) – According to Audrey Lamothe, she had no specific goal for her first start of the season in Markham, where the International Swimming Federation (World Aquatics) introduced its brand new scoring system in artistic swimming. We have to admit that this will not have had a negative impact on the performance of the Quebecer, bronze medalist at the end of Thursday’s technical solo.
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Lamothe stayed true to form as the Artistic Swimming World Cup season opener, winning the 12th medal of his career in the international senior circuit. She finished the event with a score of 196.2833, behind Ukraine’s Marta Fiedina, who won gold with 245.2917, and Japan’s Yukiko Inui (242.7917).
“Today my goal was to really focus on my personal performance, much more than the result. It’s the first time our sport has been judged this way so I didn’t have high expectations but I’m very happy to walk away with a medal,” said the 18-year-old from the podium.
While the total scores on the score sheets are significantly higher than before, the changes for the athletes aren’t nearly as drastic.
“The biggest change is simply that each movement now has a level of difficulty associated with it, and that’s how we’re building the routines,” Lamothe explained of this system, which aims to “make the results of competitions less predictable, the results more quantifiable and quantifiable.” make more objective, in addition to a more meaningful integration of strategy,” says Canada Artistic Swimming.
“Everything is presented to the judges before the event. Afterwards, it’s the artistic touch and the execution touch that make the difference when you realize what you’ve declared as movements. Our sport is all about performance and everyone adapts to the system,” added Audrey Lamothe.
One thing is for sure, the Montreal native didn’t seem bothered by the introduction of these new rules, and she intends to follow the same course of action for her Free Solo scheduled for Friday. She will then want to impress in front of relatives and friends who flocked to Ontario for the occasion.
“I had a lot of fun performing in front of everyone! The medal is always a plus, but most of all I was happy with the performance. Tomorrow (Friday) I’ll focus on the same things and we’ll see what happens! she closed.
A fourth place as a team
A little later on Thursday, the Canadian team, which included Raphaëlle Plante and Florence Tremblay, took the podium at the end of the technical team program.
The maple leaf swimmers received a score of 238.0063 and their score of 281.8896 from the judges in this competition won by the Japanese. The Americans (276.5374) and the Israelis (251.7667) followed in turn.
Note that Canada will not be featured in the Team Free program scheduled for Friday. On the same day, Alicia Rehel joins Scarlett Finn for a technical duet, which will also feature her compatriots Jonnie Newman and Kenzie Pridell.