The Daltely Guimarães pool, the new Olympic-sized pool at Mais Querido, will once again host a synchronized swimming competition next July. The club will host the fifth edition of the FARJ Technical Routine Tournament, the Rio de Janeiro Aquatic Federation. On July 15th, the date of the competition, the girls from Flamengo's teams will have the honor of competing on home soil, battling for the title against Fluminense FC, Tijuca Tênis Clube, and Guanabara.

 

The Technical Routine Tournament is a competition exclusive to the Rio de Janeiro federation. Roberta Perillier, Flamengo's synchronized swimming coach, helped create the competition and shared a bit of its history with the Mais Querido Official Website.

 

"The idea came from the technical committee of the big clubs in Rio de Janeiro who wanted to add another competition to the Rio calendar, not only with the aim of improving the technique of our athletes, but also as an opportunity to standardize refereeing in Rio," revealed Roberta.

 

The technique completed, evaluating the good results, which are already noticeable.

 

"We ended up creating a choreography tournament, all of which must contain mandatory elements in their composition. These elements were carefully adapted for each category and follow the official guidelines of the international federation, FINA. Today we are entering the fifth edition of this competition and we can already say that our athletes have benefited from this idea," he concluded.

 

This will be the second synchronized swimming competition Gávea has hosted this year. In March, the Daltely Guimarães pool hosted the 1st FARJ Figures Tournament, the first official synchronized swimming competition held at the club.