Sara Bayón

[4] By 1997, the members of the team had already moved their residence from the Canillejas chalet to a building attached to the INEF and had begun training at the High Performance Center in Madrid.

The first used a medley of songs by Édith Piaf, such as "Non, je ne regrette rien" or "Hymne à l'amour", while the one with balls and ribbons used "Las cosas del Quiero", composed by Quintero, Leon and Quiroga.

[7] The group was then made up of Bayón, Nuria Cabanillas, Esther Domínguez, Lorena Guréndez, Tania Lamarca, Carolina Malchair and Marta Calamonte as a substitute.

In 1998 the two routine used the Sevillian "Juego de luna y arena" (inspired by a poem by Lorca) and the tango "El vaivén" respectively, two songs by José Luis Barroso.

[10] The group that year was made up of Bayón, Marta Calamonte, Lorena Guréndez, Carolina Malchair, Beatriz Nogales, Paula Orive and Nuria Cabanillas as a substitute.

The starting group was made up that year by Bayón, Marta Calamonte, Lorena Guréndez, Carolina Malchair, Beatriz Nogales and Paula Orive.

[12][13] However, Bayón was unable to compete in the Olympic Games since the coach Nancy Usero decided to remove her and her teammates Paula Orive, Marta Alvés and Ana del Toro.

[14] In September 2006, at the World Cup event held in Portimão, the group achieved bronze in 5 ribbons and silver in 3 hoops + 4 clubs, in addition to 5th place in the All-Around.

In May the Spanish group won the silver medal both in the All-Around and in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs final of the World Cup held in Nizhny Novgorod, in addition to the 4th place with 5 ribbons.

For this time, in addition to the holder, in the preparation for the Olympics other gymnasts (then substitutes) such as Sandra Aguilar, Cristina Dassaeva, Sara Garvín, Violeta González and Lidia Redondo were integrated in the team.

Some gymnasts such as Bet Salom decided to leave the selection due to Angelova's decision to increase the number of hours of training, which made them incompatible with their studies.

In April, the Spanish team won two silver medals (in the general competition and in 3 ribbons and 2 ropes) in the World Cup event held in Portimão, in addition to 6th place in 5 hoops.

The new 5 balls composition was on "Red Violin" by Ikuko Kawai (a theme based on the adage of the Concierto de Aranjuez), while the 3 ribbons 2 hoops used Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona in Stanley Black And His Orchestra and Plácido Domingo's version.

[24] During the 2011 season, the group trained by Baranova and Bayón, and formed by Loreto Achaerandio, Sandra Aguilar, Elena López, Lourdes Mohedano, Alejandra Quereda (captain) and Lidia Redondo, qualified for several finals in World Cup stages, in addition to winning the 3 gold medals at both the US Classics Competition in Orlando and the II Meeting in Vitória Brazil.

And, of course, you think "if we are more famous here than in our country"».Several injuries and physical problems of some members of the team, such as Elena Lopez’s knee pain or a bone edema in the left ankle of Lourdes Mohedano, delayed the start of the 2014 season.

For this competition Artemi Gavezou, who was recovering from an injury and could not travel, was replaced by Adelina Fominykh in the clubs routine and by Marina Viejo in the mixed one, making it the debut of both with the starting group.

[55][56] That same month, again with Artemi as holder, they participated in the IV Meeting in Vitória, where they achieved silver in the All-Around and in 3 balls + 2 ribbons, and the gold medal in the 10 clubs final.

[58][59][60] At the World Championships in Izmir, several drops and an out of borders in the 3 balls + 2 ribbons routine, made the Spanish group finish in 11th place in the All-Around, managing to qualify only for the 10 clubs final.

The team was made up of the same members who also won the gold medal in Kyiv the previous year: Sandra Aguilar, Artemi Gavezou, Elena López, Lourdes Mohedano and Alejandra Quereda.

[61][62] After being proclaimed world champions for the second time, in October the team traveled to the LG Whisen Rhythmic All Stars 2014, held in Seoul, South Korea, where they performed the mixed exercise and participated in an exhibition.

During it, several audiovisual montages were also shown that recalled some of Sara's achievements, as well as other outstanding gymnasts and trainers from Palencia, as well as congratulations and praise from various personalities such as David DeMaría, José Antonio Camacho or Almudena Cid.

[68] That same month the group had the first competition of the season, the Grand Prix de Thiais, where the team premiered the two new routines, the 5 ribbons on "Europa" by Mónica Naranjo and the 2 hoops + 6 clubs on a remix of District 78 of the song "Ameksa (The Shepard)" by Taalbi Brothers.

[72] In late May the team travelled to Tashkent to participate in the World Cup held in the Uzbek capital, there they achieved two silver medals in the All-Around and in 2 hoops + 6 clubs, and finished in 6th position with 5 ribbons.

[79] The group's rooster was made by Sandra Aguilar, Artemi Gavezou, Elena López, Lourdes Mohedano and Alejandra Quereda, in addition to Lidia Redondo as an alternate.

The prize was picked up by Alejandra Quereda, captain of the team, and by Jesús Carballo Martínez, president of the Federation, from the hands of King Felipe VI of Spain.

The 2 hoops + 6 clubs featured flamenco themes "Jewish Cemetery", "Soleá" and "La aurora de Nueva York", played by the Company Rafael Amargo and Montse Cortés.

The campaign was accompanied by a promotional documentary called "La satisfacción es para siempre", with new images and statements from gymnasts about their preparation, and a recreation of the podium of the Rio Games.

[101] Since the Guadalajara World Cup the Spanish team was formed by Mónica Alonso, Victoria Cuadrillero, Clara Esquerdo, Ana Gayán, Alba Polo and Lía Rovira.

The team was formed in this championship by Monica Alonso, Victoria Quadrillero, Clara Esquerdo, Ana Gayán, Alba Polo and Sara Salarrullana.

[104] After the Spanish Federation did not renew her contract, ending in August 2020, on December 3, 2020, Bayón was appointed as the new assistant coach for France's group, accompanied by Anna Baranova.

Bayón (below, center) with the bronze after the European Championships in Budapest 1999
Sara Bayón (standing on the right) with the Spanish team in the World Cup Final in Mie (2006)
The Spanish team, coached by Anna Baranova and Sara Bayón, on the podium of the Pre-Olympic in London (2012)
Bayón (third) with part of the Spanish group in a master class in Luarca in 2015
The Rio Olympic Arena hosted the rhythmic and artistic gymnastics competition of the 2016 Olympic Games .