| Marca Claro Writing
By Memo García
When Prisca Awiti Alcaraz started practicing judo at the age of 8 in his native London, England, following his older brother, he never he imagined that he would attend the Olympics representing his mother’s native country.
“In 2017 I made the change to compete for Mexico. It was for many reasons. I got injured and they didn’t select me for events. There were two options, it was to retire because I wanted to do judo to compete, my dream has always been to compete in the Olympic Games. When I injured my knee, my coach was the one who told me if I had a Mexican passport and that’s how it all started. From the first day I got in touch to share my idea with them, since I arrived I have always felt them as a family to me, it has been easy for me ”.
Prisca’s parents met in the English capital, her father is from Kenya, while her mother is from León, Guanajuato. Later, they formed a family with four children. Prisca, who is the second daughter of the Awiti Alcaraz family, recalled exclusively for Marca Claro why she opted for Mexico.
“I have lived in London all my life, but I have always been to Mexico. The first time I went, it was at 3 months. Every time I went to Mexico, I stayed for 3 months, so Mexico has always been my second home. ”
Prisca will live her first Olympic Games, she is aware that she still has to improve some aspects, The same ones who have been working since the world championship with their sights on the podium.
“I think it takes me a long time to start the fight, that is something that I have been working on a lot. Since I was little they have taught me good judo, to have more technique, with that I got to where I am. But being at the level that I am, in majors, you must have more of everything ”.
“I always look for a medal at every competition I go to. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is another competition that I go to with my mind on a medal “.
Like all athletes around the world, Prisca has an extra concern to those she had in other competitions, infections by Covid-19.
“It is too stressful to know if you are going to come out positive or negative in each competition. Especially in judo, you have to do 5 tests every time you compete, then there are 5 chances to test positive and if you test positive you can no longer compete and change everything, quarantine. That is the biggest change we had ”.
Prisca Guadalupe, named after her two grandmothers, She is aware that being the only representative of Mexico in this sport can put a little pressure on her on the day of the fight, he prefers not to think about it and focus on the competition.
