# Talk:Enriqueta Duarte

Article sez:

That year, Duarte heard of swimmer Antonio Abertondo crossing the English Channel and became interested in attempting to do it herself, even though she had never before competed in open-water swimming.
I don't think a solo swim across the channel really counts as "competing", so it's not super clear why this is an "even though".  I guess the idea, in context, is that she was a competitor in pool swimming, so this was a new venue, albeit not a competition as such?  (It was more jarring in the DYK, where that context is missing.)
Anyway, I'd gently suggest a different way of connecting the ideas.  We could keep the "even though" if we connected it to something like [...] even though she had no serious experience in open-water swimming, assuming that's true.  Or we could go with something like [...]Duarte, who competed exclusively in pool swimming, heard of swimmer Antonio[...].
Whaddaya think? --Trovatore (talk) 19:42, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

assuming that's true Well, what does the source say? Robby.is.on (talk) 20:19, 13 August 2025 (UTC)
Hmm, the first paragraph of the relevant part says
Un año más tarde participó del Sudamericano de Buenos Aires y en 1950 comenzó a practicar esgrima y a estudiar derecho en el flamante edificio sito en Figueroa Alcorta donde le pidieron ser profesora ad honorem de natación. Ahí se enteró que el año anterior el nadador Antonio Abertondo había cruzado el Canal de la Mancha, lo que despertó su interés por ese nuevo desafío a pesar de que era una nadadora de pileta y nunca había hecho natación en aguas abiertas.
If I'm reading that right, this does seem to say she had never swum in open water (at all).  That seems a little unlikely on the face of it.  Unless hacer natación is different from going for a casual swim at the beach?  My Spanish isn't good enough to be sure. --Trovatore (talk) 20:55, 13 August 2025 (UTC)