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THE 17º FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOOK PLACE FROM JULY 14TH TO 30TH 2017 IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF 47 MEXICAN ATHLETES WHO BROUGHT TWO SILVER MEDALS HOME IN THE TEAM EVENT OF DIVING AND IN HIGH DIVING.

The Mexican duo of Rommel Pacheco and Viviana del Ángel won the first silver medal for Mexico in the FINA 2017 World Championship on July 19th, 2017. The two divers managed to win the silver medal after getting 402.35 points in the final round of the team event of diving.

The Mexican athlete, Adriana Jiménez won the second silver medal in high diving on July 29th in Budapest, after coming second in the contest celebrated in the amazing framework of the Danube River after the Australian athlete, Rhiannan Iffland, who won the gold medal.

Jiménez, fourth in the World Championship 2015 in Kazan, finished with 308.90 points, while the winner achieved 320.70. The Belarus athlete, Yana Nestsiarava (303.95), rounded out the podium, like two years ago. The three of them were the only ones who could achieve more than 300 points in the contest.

With the majestic building of the Hungarian parliament in the background, Jiménez got on the podium thanks to her last complicated jump, the best of the day, but it was not enough to reach the gold medal.

“I am an old diver in 10 meters and I used to cry normally every time I was about to jump. It may sound incredible, but now I am jumping from two times higher. The fear is always there, but it is necessary to keep it away in order to concentrate to your jump”- explained Jiménez in her declaration to the International Swimming Federation (FINA). “How do I do this? I don’t think too much, I take a deep breath and jump. I’m used to do some relaxation and meditation practice as well to control my nerves.” – she added.

Furthermore the synchronized swimming team played a distinguished role by finishing 8th among fifty teams, with the majority of its members participating the very first time in this international event. Generally the Mexican athletes managed to improve their previous bests and the results let us expect even better results in the following Olympics.