Mary Dee Vargas, the first Chilean judoka in the Olympics, goes full of enthusiasm to Japan

In chapter 30 of Women to Sports, the journalist Macarena miranda He spoke with the national judoka Mary Dee Vargas.

The 24-year-old athlete also Architecture student at the Catholic University, is the first Chilean in her sport to go to the Olympic Games.

The winner of the bronze medal in the Pan American Games in Lima He is in Spain, and in a few days he will travel to Japan.

“I am in Valencia making the last stop before going to Tokyo, finishing a long and intense preparation in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic,” said the judoka.

“Everything has been crazy, but we are already on the last leg. My participation in the Olympic Games will be very fast, because I start on the first day and will soon return to Chile ”.

Mary Dee Vargas He explained that “judo is a Japanese discipline, a combat sport that is also a way of life. And as it is of permanent contact, the pandemic has complicated us a lot ”.

The hard work of Mary Dee Vargas

The young woman specified that “the classification was difficult, because judo was one of the sports that waited until the last to close. Just a month ago it was ratified and the option was safe in the end ”.

“Classify the JJ.OO. maybe it wasn’t my main goal, but it was achieved and history was made… Now that everything is difficult, judo helps me find the good side of things ”.

“I work hard in sports and in my studies, and being a reference makes me happy, even if one does not seek to be an example for others. In addition, behind there are many people who help with their commitment ”.

Mary Dee Vargas added that “for more than a month we have been filling out documents to travel to Tokyo, due to the sanitary safeguards.”

“These will be a JJ.OO. very special. We will arrive in Japan no more than five days before the start, I compete on the first day and I must return to Chile immediately. My participation will be very brief, but representing my country on an Olympic mat will be a great opportunity ”.

For Mary Dee Vargas, the medal she won two years ago in Lima marked a change in her sports career.

“After that my confidence grew, and I have had an exponential development. More over for that tournament I qualified last, almost scraping, so the medal was the beginning of something very big ”.

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