the goodbye of a Spanish basketball legend

The Spanish international escort Marta Xargay, Olympic runner-up in Rio 2016 Among the seven medals of his career, he announced his retirement from professional basketball on Thursday.

“Today I want to transfer you, in a very close and personal way, but above all very positive and gratifying, my decision to put an end to my career as a professional basketball player,” said Xargay through her official profile on the social network Twitter

In a lengthy message, the 30-year-old player from Girona pointed out that basketball has “given her a lot” and “filled her with life”, but also that “all that glitters is not gold.” “From the outside everything is idealized; from the inside the level of sacrifice and mental and physical demand is enormous,” he added.

Xargay has played during his career in Spanish clubs such as Uni Girona Y Perfumeries Avenida from Salamanca, the Phoenix Mercury from WNBA American, the USK Prague czech or the Dynamo Kursk Russian. A year ago he announced that he was temporarily stopping his professional career, and now he is doing so permanently.

Absolute international on 147 occasions, with 1,356 points and 7 medals, which include three golds in the EuroBasket 2013, 2017 and 2019, the president of the Spanish Basketball Federation, Jorge Garbajosa, sent him a message of thanks through a statement.

“Marta Xargay will always be one of the players who will go down in history not only for the successes of this National Team but also for having made us enjoy and get excited about her game on many occasions. We wish her good luck both in sports and personally.” Garbajosa highlighted.

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