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Thanks for Tokyo | News La Tribuna de Ciudad Real

Castilla-La Mancha wanted to thank its Olympians for their medals at the recent Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The Chairman of the Board, Emiliano García-Page, acted as everyone’s spokesperson, as he indicated, to convey his admiration: “It is enormously heroic and we want to take advantage of you; you are an elite, but an elite derived from work and effort, ”he told them.

The event took place at the Fuensalida Palace in Toledo, with the presence of a dozen regional athletes, representatives of those who have participated and achieved success in the Japanese capital. Four of them took the stage to tell their experiences, such as the karate fighter Sandra Sánchez, gold in kata. The Talaverana acknowledged that her favoritism was not taken as pressure. In addition, he confessed that, despite being different Games due to the pandemic, “they had been incredible.”

Another of the gold metals for Spain in Asian lands, Alberto Fernández, acknowledged that he had several gestures in mind in case of getting on the podium, one was to kiss the ring, as a wink to his wife; and another, pointing to his mustache, as he had promised to dedicate the triumph to his father. In his fourth Olympic foray, the Illescan shooter changed the chip, as he commented: “I went with the aim of enjoying and not thinking about the long-awaited medal.” And it came.

The regional president greets Merche Castellanos, the goalkeeper of the handball team, from Ciudad Real. – Photo: Javier PozoFor his part, the Puerto Rican Jesús Rivilla, physical trainer for the Spanish handball team, defined the experience in Tokyo as “intense and hard.” From his point of view, “it was an obstacle that the Games were postponed because of the type of team we have.” Anyway, the bronze tasted wonderful “because of this hardness.”

Finally, the taranconero Luis Miguel García-Marquina, bronze in handbike in the Paralympics, revealed that in Tokyo he fulfilled “a dream”. With more than 40 years he debuted in some Games, and with a medal: “Really, what has value are the things that cannot be bought.” He is convinced that they will not be the last, and considers an award to “represent your region and your country.” As an anecdote, he said that he received a message from a civilian in which he assured him that “if I continued to win more medals, I would become mayor.”

Emiliano García-Page highlighted the “humble and simple” attitude of the Olympians. He even stressed that in their statements they said that they had enjoyed, because he is convinced that “they have arrived having a bad time, because in the face of success there is always failure.”

García-Page talks with Jesús Rivilla from Puerto Rico, physical trainer for the Spanish handball team. García-Page talks with Jesús Rivilla from Puerto Rico, physical trainer for the Spanish handball team. – Photo: Javier PozoFor the rest, the regional president stressed that his intention was not to hang any medals, and gave all the credit to the athletes present. In fact, the city-wide handball player Merche Castellanos, the athletics coach Antonio Serrano, the triathlete Fernando Alarza, the canoeist Paco Cubelos, the badminton coach Jesús Abián, and the swimming referee Manuel Real also attended. Page ended by saying that it is necessary to take advantage of his example for the little ones, whether they earn money or not, since “we will continue working in schools for something that has changed in Spain and that is now a priority: sport.”

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