Swimming: A great national harvest for the Tarbes Pyrénées Swimming in France for sports lifesaving

Monday 06th January 2025 10:08 AM

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Swimmers from Tarbes Pyrénées Natation (formerly EPSTN) distinguished themselves at the French Lifesaving Championships in Châteauroux with several gold medals and a French record.

The Tarbes Pyrénées Natation traveled with 11 lifeguards and ambitions to Châteauroux where the French Short Course championships took place on December 21 and 22. With 300 rescuers from more than 40 structures and with the presence of the France center in Montpellier, which automatically raises the level due to the presence of the best rescuers, the competition promised to be tough.

Tarbaise Lilie Simeon Knaebel dominated the French championships.
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Lilie Simeon Knaebel received 5 out of 5

From the first day, Lilie Simeon Knaebel would splash the competition with her talent with three gold medals in three races including a French Juniors record in her favorite event, the 50m Buoy Tube.

Another lifeguard would also stand out, Alice Rull Anso who won two very nice silver medals in the 25m Mannequin and the 50m Combined in the Cadets category.
Note the final of Gabriela Serrano over this same distance as well as the finals of Gianni Bruscoli in the 25m Mannequin and the 50m Combined among the Seniors.
He won the B final of the 50m Mannequin Palmes with a time which would have allowed him to finish 4th in the grand final.

Two more gold medals and a French record as a bonus

Regarding Sunday, Lilie continued her harvest of medals by winning the title in the 100m SLS with a new French record over this distance.

The icing on the cake was that Alice Rull Anso also won gold in this event with a fantastic time, very close to the national record.
Pauline Larroze Lauga achieved an excellent time on this same event in the heats which allowed her to enter the final among the Seniors. Just like Bastien Di Genua who managed to reach the Senior Men's final with an excellent time.

Alice Rull Anso performed during the France in Châteauroux.
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Overall, the whole group preformed at these French championships like Ingrid Duran Carrere, finalist in the 50m Combined, Lysia Laforgue first qualification at this level, Antonin Lenormand, Baptiste Crouseilles and Mathieu Mur Castera are not not very far from the finals and they too improved their personal performances. They will be keen to train hard to achieve their goal.

Illan Boulanger flies over New Aquitaine

Another big meeting was on the program during this period since Illan Boulanger was involved in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine swimming championship on December 21 and 22.
He shone in all the events in which he was entered with three titles in the 50, 100 and 200 breaststroke with the added bonus of the Hautes-Pyrénées record in the 200. He won silver in the 2004 Swimming and the 400 crawl with again the record departmental exploded for more than 4 seconds. A very good end to the season for Illan who progresses with each of his outings.