Melani Costa, another swimmer in the palace

Measures 1.80, has the eyes of an impossible blue and green ever done model. Now his name runs from mouth to mouth because the bride is Cayetano Martinez de Irujo . The daughter of the Duchess of Alba. Another swimmer Charlene Wittstock you like, now Princess of Monaco, an athlete falls blue blood. But Melani is primarily swimmer, the second in the world in 2013 400 free, short course world champion in 2012 and a key part of Spain in the Beijing Olympics and London.

Now is not hidden or exposed, but the focus of the tabloids looking to expand photo gallery with famous rider. They want more documents besides pictures stolen Holy Week in San Sebastián and his most recent appointment in public in a riding competition in Barcelona. What gives rabies Melani Costa ​​strong> Schmid is that this fame comes now. Suddenly and without medals. Than for their successes, but at age 24 and daughter of separated parents and you know that “life does not always give you what you want.”

That, his personal life does not speak but his inner circle, Cayetano also own, has already confirmed that the relationship with the Count of Salvatierra going great. The 27 years between them, he is 51, is what unites these two athletes. Melani Costa has always had the reputation as cold and distant, if done little with his teammates but is she prefers adult company. The first is swimming and tough workouts that tried to reconcile with the medical career when between 2008 and 2010 spent two years at the University of Florida. He left the race because “after eight hours of training is difficult to study something so serious.” And now, more relaxed, lives in the CAR of Sant Cugat and study physiotherapy. Between batch and batch of the total 14,000 meters daily nothing has had time to meet the family of Cayetano. He has fallen well to children rider (Luis and Amina and 12 yo) and his brothers, especially Eugenia and Alfonso. The Balearic mermaid blue nails (that always leads color, especially when there are medals at stake) and thus has opened the palace gates. Although little has happened since spoken openly about his relationship with the rider. More than four years ago that this couple is known. Few know that when the son of the Duchess of Alba was separated from his wife Genoveva Casanova escaped the press by training among elite athletes living in Madrid Blume. Precisely at the time when Melani Costa swam orders who has been a big supporter and who has managed to leverage your unique physical conditions Jordi Died. And coincidences of life, if only Cayetano crossed with her a polite greeting, with Murio (also coach your day Mireia Belmonte, who Melani takes more harm than good) came to speak often.

The final spark came four years later. It was in February, during the annual gala Mundo Deportivo, even though they had already discussed a month earlier by the association of sportsmen of the Cayetano’s own founder. But why Melani started swimming? His mother changed Germany by Mallorca to relieve your migraines (and stayed there when he met his now ex-husband Eugenio, who ran a real estate), and above all because, “swimming is basic to an island. The young must learn quickly. ” So Smicht Felicitas, which is the name of this single mother who pulled ahead with three children, became Melani swim with only two years. Coincidences of life who managed to give their first strokes was Rosa Costa. Just you will sound your name, but it was next to the controversial coach of synchronized Ana Tarrés, one of the three components of the first Spanish team water ballet that came about Games, Los Angeles 84.

Home Melani Costa, who won his first race with eight, it was sometimes difficult to make ends meet. So when the opportunity came in the form of American scholarship, he understood he had to go. It was hard. He got up at six to go running to college singing their anthem as a true Marine. A torture that ended to return to Madrid and made orders Died. With him he learned to set goals to fulfill. Of all kinds. How to lose weight and endure in those 70 kilos and “this little chinchilla to float” as she says. “It’s a woman who gets what she wants” defines Died. He proved that on July 28 in the 2013 Barcelona World. Wanted to forget his Olympic failure in London and ended up spraying the record for Spain. A silver for her. So Melani. Pure genius.

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Melani Costa, another swimmer in the palace