Meanwhile, Canada’s mixed team debuted a more modern take on the fighters theme in June. Set to the original soundtrack from the movie Creed, the free routine starts off with the athletes throwing air punches and progresses to them doing crunches on the surface of the water. "It’s powerful with drums and we decided to use the theme of Amazons which we thought fit the personality of the team." “For our acrobatic routine, assistant coach Anna found the music when browsing a Spotify running playlist and came to the pool so excited to share," Fuentes said. Warriors of antiquity are a common presence in the pool with Canada's Audrey Lamothe bringing a "Roman Gods" theme to life in her free solo set to music from HBO's Succession series, while USA's acrobatic team re-enacted "Amazons & Hercules" with the help of "Angry Dad Percussion" by Infraction Music. The pulsing, powerful beats of pop music help the athletes to send a message to the spectators: They are fighters.
For me, this routine is to grow as a person, be more expressive and get me out of my zone of comfort and be better.”įighting spirit: From the Amazons to the Avengers Maybe you don’t see it when I’m competing, but I’m a shy person. “I really enjoy the parts where I’m out of the water, using my arms and looking at the faces of the judges, convincing them to give good scores. I felt this was a super fun and expressive swim,” Tio Casas told World Aquatics after dazzling the home crowd in Oviedo at June's World Cup Super Finals. Not just her, but a strong woman with character that’s having fun.
She even studied videos of Beyoncé’s moves to be more convincing. This season, however, Tio Casas's routines underwent a dramatic Beyoncé-fication. Her parents are musicians and being a classical music connoisseur since she was a child, the 20-year-old athlete usually opts for tradition in her routines, as was the case with her technical solo, set to Gustav Mahler’s Symphonie Number 1 “Titan”. The musical choice was a step outside of Tio Casas' comfort zone. Spain’s Iris Tio Casas tapped into the pop diva’s swagger by using "Tribute to Stevie Wonder" as the music for her new free solo routine, appropriately titled "Sexy". With artistic impression counting for almost half the score, artistic swimming is all about attitude and bold statements. Pop stars in the pool: Making a splash with Beyoncé and Michael Jackson's moves
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