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Margalida Crespí |
MADRID –
Where she’s going there are no nets, and no drum roll, yet the jump is
monumental: from the podium at the London 2012 Olympics to the main ring of a
circus. Not any old circus, mind you, the magnificent Cirque de Soleil. Yes,
Margalida Crespí, Olympic bronze for team synchronised swimming and a world
gold medal in the same discipline. She’s giving up high level competition for
possibly more strenuous discipline of the world’s most popular circus. Aged 24,
the native of Palma de Mallorca is packing her bags and headed for Montreal,
the circus’s headquarters. She wants to