The former basketball player Pau Gasol was recognized with the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sports Merit in an act where he was accompanied by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, or by the Minister of Culture and Sports, Miquel Iceta.
In addition, important Spanish sports figures also attended the same event, such as his former teammate and current president of the Spanish Basketball Federation, Jorge Garbajosa, or the Paralympic swimmer Teresa Perales, who congratulated him on behalf of all the others at the La Moncloa complex.
It was not the only one that addressed Gasol since in one of the two videos that were broadcast, the other dedicated to his career, it was also possible to see the synchronized swimmer Ona Carbonell, the badminton player Carolina Marín, the former soccer player Íker Casillas or the karate fighter Damián Quintero.
