
He was hospitalized a few days ago in Sabadell. The damn flu hit Carles Coll hard, and he suddenly found himself in the Parc Taulí hospital with IV fluids and oxygen. Perhaps it was his immune system’s response to the competitive stress of the previous week at the small European pool in Lublin, where he returned with a gold and a bronze medal around his neck. Coll, from Tarragona, 24 years old, a tall man measuring 1.97 meters, is already firmly established in the world breaststroke elite. He has two goals in mind: the European Championships in Paris next summer and the short course 200 meter breaststroke world record. He attends ABC from Sabadell, where he will spend… See more