Gold favorites

Alexandris in Paris: “You’re almost dead”

Anna-Maria and Eirini Alexandri want to crown themselves with Queen's "We will rock you" and their "Condor".They haven't had any time off since April.

Austria doesn't have many gold favorites. But when Anna-Maria and Eirini Alexandri swim their synchronized duets on Friday and Saturday, they will be among them. "We, China and maybe Japan are favorites," they say, but they are under no pressure. "Being here was worth all the sacrifices."

They haven't had any free time since April. They spent up to ten hours a day tinkering with their choreography, together with their sister Vaso, who was a great help with the video analysis and is of course coming to Paris with their mom today.

"You're almost dead there"
With the Queen hit "We will rock you" in the technical part on Friday, they want to make themselves queens, followed on Saturday by "Condor", with which they won World Championship gold in 2023. They have spent months perfecting everything; the underwater phases in synchronized swimming are brutal. "By the sixth or seventh figure, you're almost dead, concentration and coordination were difficult. You can no longer feel your arms and legs, but you have to deal with it."