Olympic trials Ring found in sea

A TOURIST made a striking discovery during her holiday in Javea. Ann Van Campfort went swimming with her family on Saturday, August 5.

Ann and her in­laws had taken a boat trip to Portitxol bay, when the group decided to stop for a swim at around noon. They attached their boat to a buoy about 300 metres offshore. Ann, who had become a little seasick, was resting at the back of the boat when she saw something floating in the water.

THE president of the Valencian government, Carlos Mazón, held a meeting with the President of the Royal Spanish Gymnastics Federation, Jesús Carballo, and with the President of the Valencian Community Gymnastics Federation, Concepción Rico on Wednesday, August 9. The meeting took place to discuss the celebration of the 40th edition of the Rhythmic Gymnastics World

Championship, which will take place from Wednesday, August 23 to Sunday, August 27, at Feria Valencia.

This will choose 14 individual gymnasts and five teams from Spain who will participate in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

In this qualifying event for the Olympics ­ the biggest international sporting event of the year in this discipline ­ 24 teams and 88 individual gymnasts from 62 countries will participate.

The Valencian Community is one of the regions with the highest number of rhythmic gymnasts. In 2022 there were 2,710 gymnasts, which demonstrates the potential of both the athletes and the Valencian gymnastics clubs.

This sport is the fourth most practised discipline among girls and adolescents in Spain.

“I jumped in and swam over to it. I fished it out and saw that it was a plastic rose,” she explained. “It had a Spanish message: ‘Quieres casarte conmigo?’ ( Will you marry me?). When I took a closer look at the rose, I saw that it was attached to a box. I opened it and it contained an engagement ring.”

The family would like to find the owner, because everything indicates that a special occasion turned into a very sad one for her beau.