laura is strong he left the Krakow-Malopolska European Games beaming with happiness after achieving what no other Spanish woman had achieved before, being olympic boxing. Asturian celebrated the bronze medal in -50kgbut he especially celebrated the achievement of a milestone in Spanish sport that he had been looking for all his life.
“We came with a preparation focused on the goal of achieving the Olympic classification and when you get it, you relax a bit. In that sense, I have faced this fight much calmer than the other days”, explained Fuertes to Mundo Deportivo just after losing the fight to Wassila Lkhadiri.
The Frenchwoman won the match 3-1, despite the fact that the Spanish woman scored more points from the judges. “I don’t agree with that point that they took me in the second round and it was the key”, explained the Spanish woman with anger. The judges imposed a penalty of one point in the second ’round’ for unsporting action, a decision that Fuertes did not share. “It should be the other way around,” he said. “I went into the last round knowing I had to win 5-0 to get the win and that is more complicated. It changes your entire fighting strategy,” he added.
Despite the result, the Spanish left this European Games with a big smile after achieving bronze and a direct passport to compete in Paris 2024. “Now you have to work hard to do your best at the Olympic Games.”he assured with great motivation.
The Asturian will take a few days off before resuming training and specific preparations for Paris 2024 in mid-August. Fuertes will do a concentration at altitude in the Sierra Nevada for fifteen days and then he will work on a more specific part in the CAR in Madrid. He will have contests, but he will face them more calmly because he has reached the goal.
Women’s boxing entered the Olympic program in London 2012 and, since then, the IOC has sought parity where they will face Paris 2024, where there will be 124 men and 124 women. In the category Strong (-50kg) there will be a total of 22 participants, of which four have been awarded at these European Games.
Source: La Verdad
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