Ana Peleteiro, European triple jump champion in Rome

Ana Peleteiro He went on a spiritual retreat before going on a European trip to Rome to connect with himself, visualize his goals and find the Peace of mind necessary to face an important test. “Either you like me or you like me too much, there is no middle ground,” the Galician woman often says to define her unshakable character. And with that groundbreaking personality which allows you to face the main competition with great courage and determination, left a wide collection of gestures to convince himself that jumping on his legs was possible. Next, he linked 16 steps of effective running to hit the takeoff board, taking off with great strength to make a very high jump, arriving well balanced in the step and linking the knee jump very high and there is no lateral deviation in falling with both feet aligned at the same height. An execution that makes his coach rise from his chair Ivan Pedrosogreat teacher of horizontal jumps, and he got a mark of 14.85 meters on the fourth attempt, definitely for win gold.

The Galician triple jumper ensures that he is stronger than in Tokyo 2020, where she won a bronze medal before becoming a mother at the end of 2022 and the whole recovery process which, by her account, was not easy. “I consider myself to be the athlete more diligent what’s up. It’s a way of speaking, obviously, but I doubt there’s another emphasis on it. dedication as I put to return to being like three years ago, “he said.

Pelleteiro He showed 28 that he still has the ropes, “many of you broke up with me two years ago and here I am.” His great rival and world record holder, Yulimar Rojas, is seriously injured and will miss the Games. An event that changed the plans of the Galician, as he himself said, who two months ago was training to be silver in Paris 2024 and now only thinks about gold.