Long levers, excellent basic speed, tenacity and a remarkable protagonist's attitude. Maria Domenica Cossu, 14 years old bearer of Acquasport, is one of the most interesting young swimmers in Sardinia, capable of growing gradually season after season. The results speak for her and, after an important first part of the year in the short course, the initial outings in the 50m course have shown that the path taken together with her coach Alessio Suergiu is the right one: the Cossu, on 13 May in the Terramaini pool in Pirri, she signed the new Sardinian record Girls in long tub with a time of 4'31''28 on the 400m freestyle, time also valid for participation in the category Tricolors which will be held the first week of August in Rome. Her race is the demonstration of a clear technical and mental progression: she starts decisively but without overdoing it, paying attention to her swim so as not to get upset, the turns are efficient and allow her to relaunch the action, the last 50 meters are all sign of a push closure that allows it to sign a new record from which to start again with even more determination.
Suergiu, this new record on the 400m freestyle is the result of not just an attention to detail.
«Exactly, we knew we could be worth the Sardinian record Girls but what interested us most was the technical aspect and, precisely, we based our competition on the technique. What interested us was swimming well, keeping a slightly more relaxed stroke rate so as to relax better. These expedients allowed Maria Domenica to have a greater freshness on the finish which proved to be decisive».
On May 14, however, he took part in the 200m style where he signed the new personal with 2'10''22 and a new time limit in view of the tricolor category.
«That's right even if he could have done better but we are still very satisfied. Maria Domenica had the tiredness of the previous day's race on her legs which clearly takes away a lot of energy but she still managed to express herself well».
On 3 June he took part in the eight time trial, also in Terramaini. What is his judgment?
