El Stadium of The Cartuja, a field of glory where the war drums were already beginning to sound from its four corners that will possibly lead the soccer team to Qatar 2022, hosted the official start of the MARCA Sports Weekend, the event of the year in Spanish sports, which became a reality with a magic trick and a kind Sevillian night, the kind that caress your cheek like a mother, with a prize Laureus Espaa MARCA Sport for Good Honour (a very long name, like good stories), which crowned projects to improve society through sports, Gasol Foundation, that of Marc and Pau, with their particular crusade against childhood obesity, a silent pandemic. Carolina Marn, with his badminton for everyone, and Susana Rodrguez, which has taught us that the Camino de Santiago does not exclude anyone, they were also MVP in a fantastic evening, full of surprises, which was a brilliant outcome to the first day of the MSW, the sports and leisure festival that has turned Seville into the capital of wonder.
The day had had so many attractions since the myth opened it Iker Casillas at the University of Seville (crowded, without anyone doing the balls) that it seemed difficult to keep the A at the dizzying hours that followed. But the qualifications were excellent throughout the day: four Olympic champions from Tokyo 2020 They spoke of a goldsmith, of how gold medals are made. Ftima Glvez, Alberto Gins, Alberto Fernndez and Sandra SnchezThis one from Dubai, counted battles of the day that reached their sporting Everest.
There were basketball talks with the harmonics president of the FEB and ACB, acronyms that stopped being water and oil, Jorge Garbajosa and Antonio Martn, conversations with Javier Tebas, definitive and resounding, as always when he takes the floor, exhibitions in the streets, the one made by the great Abel Antn and Martn Fiz like in the old days of the World Athletics Championships, or that of the teacher Joan Plaza, teaching children in the central Plaza de San Francisco. The MARCA Sport Weekend had started to roll with its yellow jersey (nobody gives more) and overwhelmed with its XXL proposal for the most enthusiastic fan who lives the sport as MARCA has taught us, with passion, with heart and guts. Our vocation is to inform and entertain. Nothing better to explain to us than during these three days of MARCA Sport Weekend.
Thomas Bach, President of the IOC, opened the Gala with a greeting to those present, countless guests, the cream of the crop of Spanish sport, some world-class legends, before Isabel Forner, with his innate facility to communicate, and Jorge Later, with their prodigies of illusionism, they will captivate us all. Juan Ignacio Gallardo placeholder image, MARCA director, welcomed. “We are celebrating a unique, singular and spectacular project, the most important, by magnitude, category and scope, of all those held in Spain”, he commented before thanking the Junta de Andaluca, represented by the Minister of Education and Sports, Javier Imbroda, and the Secretary General for Sport, Jos Mara Arrabal, and to the Seville City Council, in the person of David guevara (Deputy Mayor of the Ecological and Sports Transition Area), essential travel companions in this project together with the sponsors Movistar, Grupo Puma, Endesa, LaLiga, Hyundai and Banco Santander.
Luengo displayed his art. Did it first with Alberto Gins, amazed as he tried not to hurt himself with a skewer hidden in a bag. He did it later with Yelena isinbayeva, the athletics legend, who appreciated being able to share all his feats in Seville during this weekend. His astonished face at the Luengo wonder was unforgettable. David guevara He had commented before that “when Seville is sport, Seville is fairer, more inclusive and healthier”. Maybe that’s what the MARCA Sport Weekend is about as a later record Javier Imbroda. “Thank you for sharing this unique event. Thank you to the athletes because you are an inspiration. Society lacks references and sport is a school of life to teach all values because sport is universal.”
The staff of Editorial Unit, with Marco Pompignoli, President of the Editorial Unit; Nicola Speroni and Stefania Bedogni, CEOs, applaud with fervor along with other athletes and sports representatives such as Ana Pelaez, Carolina Marn, Susana Rodrguez, Alberto Fernndez, Abel Antn, Martn Fiz, Julin Lafuente (from the Trinidad Alfonso Foundation), Gisela Pulido, Dino Radja, Alberto Fernndez, Caf, Judith Polgar, Ftima Galvez, Mazinho, Littbarski, Diego Tristan, Kempes, Boris Becker, Pablo Alfaro, Giacomo Agostini, Garbajosa, Antonio Martn, Chus Bueno, from NBA. An endless list, all protagonists of the MARCA Sport Weekend.
In this gala we celebrate the III edition of MARCA Sport Weekend, a unique, singular, spectacular project; the most important for its magnitude, category and size of all those celebrated in Spain.
The culmination was the delivery of the Laureus awards with the godparents Agostini, that Marquez’s record, Becker, what value to Carlos Alcarz and he remembered Nadal, Caf, who bet on Brazil for the World Cup in Qatar and the paralympic athlete Bebe Vo. The first prize went to the Gasol Foundation, endowed with 25,000 euros. It was collected by Agust, Pau and Marc’s father. The second prize for Carolina Marn and the third for Susana Rodrguez, always nice. “Doing magic on a blind man is easy,” he recalled. Seeing is believing the magic of Seville with the MARCA Sport Weekend. AND Carolina walked on crystals dreaming of Paris 2024. Everything is possible.
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