Solved the mystery of the sage of the athletics disappeared during the pandemic

Emilio V. Escudero

Updated:15/06/2020 16:57h

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The Joaquín Carmona it is one of those stories that every journalist would have liked to have. In the networks, Carmona is one of the voices most closely followed of Spanish athletics. An encyclopedia of historical data that dabbles in his Twitter account so almost daily. Outside of that social network, is a fallen man in misfortune, to which the crisis has left them without livelihood and who now lives on the street with a handful of belongings, including your laptop, the epicenter of your log with the outside world. The instrument through which expanded his knowledge with his followers.

Well, that story has revealed today “The Runner’s Bag” and the reality exceeds any of the wild imaginings that had been made to his thousands of followers since last march 15 to stop tweeting.

Great athletes such as Angel David Rodriguezone of the best sprinters in the history of Spain, said during the quarantine which had been @Jokin4318, the profile to that followed dozens of the stars of the national athletics. The question, unanswered, evoked no doubt to a fatal outcome because of the coronavirus, but never to the reality revealed by this blog of the daily Sport.

According to the news, Joaquín Carmona is a man of 46 years old, who lives in a park of Madrid and that connects to your computer, from the public libraries and train stations. In fact, his last tweet, he recognizes in the report published today, put it from the Atocha train station on march 15just when it was decreed the state of alarm, and a police officer asked him to leave the place.

Since then, it has not been able to re-load the computer or has been able to connect to the network. An emptiness that kept on tenterhooks to his followers and which has already been resolved. Carmona arrived in Madrid almost three decades ago and came to running a business in the calle Orense, but fell in disgrace and he has ended up living in a park with the only refuge of the social network, and your love for the athletics.

Has had various jobs, but none of them stable, despite the fact that it is a type with a certain amount of preparation and good manners.

Since his story has come to light, have multiplied the offers to help. Until the federation of athletics, according to has been able to know ABC, he works to give you a hand. It’s the least you can do for a person who has done so much to raise awareness and expand their sport.

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