A Coruña It is a power in adapted sports. From the silver medal of Pucho Boedo in Judo Atlanta 1996 to the bronze of Juan Carlos Taibo in football in Barcelona 1992, the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games They could be the confirmation of their strength, with up to seven athletes with aspirations, more real or more distant, to qualify to play the sporting event par excellence. Three names ring above the rest: the swimmer jacob garridothe cyclist Damian Ramos and the table tennis player Alberto Seoane. But in the race towards the French capital, others appear, such as ivan montero, Iago Fernandez, Daniel Souto and Alberto Ferrolregulars in the calls for the Spanish team in cycling, fencing, surfing and dressage, respectively, to which other national medalists such as the swimmer Almudena Queredathe athletes Jairo Salgueiro (from Montfort who trains with the Riazor Coruña) and Ana Varelaand the handbiker angel lopezwho is also president of ENKI, a leading association in inclusive sport.
The work of clubs like the Santiago Apostle and the Maria Barbeito of rhythmic gymnastics among the group of intellectual disabilities, in which projects such as the Depor Genuine in the case of football or that of CRAT Sharks in rugby; the work of Club Atletismo Now with blind people both on the track and in the popular races or the Effort of sailing and canoeing program of the Maria Jose Jove Foundation complete a complete and varied structure from top to bottom in the city.
At the top of that pyramid are three athletes. The one that is current is Damian Ramos, because in the World Cup that was held last week in Glasgow he touched the medals in the C4 class both in the time trial, in which he was fourth less than 20 seconds from the podium; as in the road test, in which he tried with a break a few kilometers from the finish line, but in which, in the end, he had to settle for fifth position. In addition, he added an eighth place in the pursuit at the velodrome. The Coruña player now has the opportunity to make up for it in the European Championship he faces this weekend in Rotterdam. A fixture in the national team, Ramos is one of the main assets not only to reach Paris 2024 but to hang a medal.
He also stayed at the gates of the medals jacob garrido at the World Swimming Championships in Manchester earlier this month. The man from A Coruña is one of the roosters in the S9 class and was fifth in the 200 medley and sixth in the 400 freestyle. He already disputed the Tokyo 2020 Games and is an almost certain candidate for Paris. He will have to repeat the minimums and have the approval of the coach, who has always counted on him.
Garrido closes the World Cup with fourth place in the Spanish 4×100 relay
Alberto Seoanefor his part, was in Río 2016, where he achieved two diplomas in table tennis (individual and team), but missed Tokyo, where he did not arrive due to a knee injury that prevented him from competing. Recovered and already installed again in A Coruña after leaving the CAR of Sant Cugat, he has returned to the podiums of international tournaments, like a few weeks ago on his Asian tour that made him score important points and climb the ranking to dream of Paris.
Daniel Souto from A Coruña, champion of Europe and the World League of adapted surfing
The Games are also the dream of Almudena Quereda, who arrived late to swimming, but in time to be one of the revelations of recent seasons, with several titles in the S8 class to his credit. She still doesn’t have the minimum, but she improves every season by leaps and bounds. The years don’t matter or what they tell Dani Soutoworld champion adapted surfer with partial low vision at 47. A Iago FernandezHowever, Paris is too early for him due to age and the fencer’s aspirations are focused on Los Angeles. A cycle to demonstrate the strength of the Coruña adapted sport.
2023-08-16 05:16:57
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