Mireia Belmonte

Mireia Belmonte has won in the pool of London Aquatic Center the first medal for the Spanish delegation at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Spanish swimmer won the silver medal in the 200 meters butterfly after leading the test until the last long and end with a time of 2:05.25.
Jiao Liuyang Only Chinese could overtake the Spanish, who took the lead in the first 100 meters of the race. And to do so he had to beat the Olympic record with 2:04.06. Third place and therefore the bronze medal went to Japan's Natsumi Hoshi, with a time of 2:05.48.
In the second final contesting in the Games after the disappointment of the 400 meter freestyle, the swimmer Badalona squeezed from the first meters to the first position. Passed the 100 and 150 meters at the head of participants, but Jiao Liuyang lived up to the pre-race betting with a very fast sprint finish earned him gold and Belmonte left with honey on the lips.
Belmonte, in London faces its second Olympic Games, was the best shot of the Spanish swimming despite his 21 years.

But his achievement is not there, because Spanish has managed to beat the record of Spain at that time of 2:05:25 sign.
The silver Mireia Belmonte is the fifth medal in swimming at the history of Spain in the Olympics. The Badalona joins the select group of Olympic medalists composed Nina Zhivanevskaya, bronze in Sydney 200 and above Zubero Martin Lopez, who hanged himself in Barcelona'92 gold in the 200 back. Further afield are the bronzes of Sergio Lopez, Seoul'88, and older brother Zubero Lopez, David, in the 80, left Moscow with the sweetness of the podium as booty.