 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Blanco akakwikwidza chete mumakwikwi evarume e50 m freestylepaMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2000 muSydney. Akawana FINA B-standard yekupinda nguva ye23.87 kubva kuCentral America neMexico Championships mutaundi rekumusha kwake San José. Achishambira mumakwikwi matatu, Blanco akamhanyira mberi kweboka rose kuti ave ari pamusoro munhoroondo itsva yeCosta Rica ye23.72. Kukunda kwaBlanco kwakanga kusina kukwana kuti apfuurire kuenda kumasemifinals, sezvo akaisa makumi mana neshanu zvachose kubva kune vanoshambira makumi masere mu prelims. 