The countdown to the start of the Olympic Games and, with less than a week to go, Paula Pareto acknowledged and almost confirmed a piece of news that we will undoubtedly have a hard time accepting. It is that the Little one, who in Tokyo 2020 will seek his second gold medal after the consecration in Rio 2016, announced that this Olympic event will probably mark the end of his career.
“It is special because it is my last Olympic Game and my last competition almost certainly, so I am enjoying 100 percent every moment“Pareto responded when asked about his feelings before his first presentation, which will be this Friday, at 23, in the category -48 kg of judo.
In addition, in dialogue with the Argentine Olympic CommitteeHe added: “This is a special tournament for everyone, lThe pandemic made us all arrive in a different way, that we prepare in a different way and that today we also live a reality different from what other Olympic Games were. ”
La Peque, 35, He will face his fourth Olympic experience after Beijing 2008 (bronze), London 2012 (diploma, 5th place) and Rio de Janeiro (gold). Despite the injuries he suffered in the last time, Pareto assured that he arrives very well at the Olympic event and stressed the importance of “the attitude and the mental” to meet the objective.
“In all sports it is important but I think that in judo it has a plus. I am also training that aspect with my psychologist to reach one hundred percent, “he closed.
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