Updated:17/09/2021 20: 00h
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After finishing her participation in Tokyo 2020, Elsa Baquerizo’s tears welled up like never before. The defeat hurt him, but more what was ahead. An ending that he did not want to make public then, next to the arena of Shiokaze Park, but that seemed clear. “I want to be a mom and prioritize other things,” she used to say. Omens that have now been confirmed in an advanced goodbye by the newspaper AS and that ABC has been able to confirm.
With him the curtain is lowered to the performance of the best Spanish couple in the history of beach volleyball. A journey of almost fifteen years in which they have taken the flag of Spain to the podium in three Europeans and in many tournaments on the world circuit. In addition, they have stepped onto the Olympic arena three times (London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020).
It was not always easy for them. Actually, it never was. The beginnings, since they met in 2007, they were complicated. They had hardly any aid and the balance at the end of the year was zero. Play to live. Little by little, with the successes and the training, they were climbing positions and attracting sponsors. Income that boosted their career and allowed them to work with more peace of mind.
Thus they were reaching goals, such as the continental number one in 2012 or European silver the following year in the European of Klagenfurt. Joys that were fattening their legend and that made them a model for new generations. Players who They must now pick up the baton of the Spanish women’s beach volleyball.
Lili y Elsa, names that seemed inseparable, now say goodbye for the withdrawal of the Madrilenian, which will continue to be linked to sports, although in an amateur way. Not so his Valencian partner, who wants to move on and is already looking towards Paris 2024.
He wants to do it with ambition, because he only understands sport that way. Therefore, he prefers remain cautious and wait until the end of the season to start that new journey.
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