The Catalan cyclist Sergio Garrote He assured that he will arrive at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, in his highest “physical and mental fullness”, and is very “excited” about the challenge of improving the gold and bronze medals achieved at Tokyo 2020, in the time trial modality . and in the team road test.
“It comes down to my physical and personal state. I’m facing Paris as a second chance to show what I can do. “I’m going with the highest expectations and with the greatest enthusiasm,” declared the 45-year-old that runner this Tuesday, in an interview with Royal Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC).
For Garrote, being the representative of the national team in its second games is the “maximum” that an athlete can aspire to and an opportunity to show “what he is capable of.”
Regarding the participation in the last Games, the cyclist referred to the gold medal he won as “something indescribable” and emphasized the “amazing” feeling of completing the previous work in four years.
Garrote described the balance of the Spanish team in Tokyo as “positive, but there is room for improvement” and assured that they are “trying to qualify for a better medal” than what was achieved in the long-distance event.
“A golden double would be something wonderful; I envision it and do it, then the whim of the competition will put each of us in our place, but I train to always be first and win,” said Catalan.
The Spanish cyclist emphasized that his previous preparation was “excellent”, and that during these three years he has been on a “constant rise”, after improving his scores in every competition.
“The visualization is always that of the first. He trained to be first and win,” he added.
Regarding his greatest rival, the Frenchman Florian Jouanny, Garrote declared that “the race at home is an additional pressure and I don’t have it, I will run in his field and he will defend himself at home. I always run in the same way, with the same ambition.
Source: La Verdad
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