Marcus Cooper Walz: “The sport is to recreate himself and find different challenges”

The international competition in the Kaning in calm water begins to speed up the weekend. The World Cup It launched in the city of Hungarian of SzegedDays after the national selective. An extensive Spanish delegation will participate here to begin examining the world in the new era.

At the head of the expedition, many first swords were standing. Among them, Marcus Cooper Walz. The Triple Olympic medalist (gold in K1-1000 in Rio 2016, Silver at K4-500 in Tokyo 2021 and copper at K4-500 in Paris 2024), Balearic appears as one of the major figures of the new K4 a few days ago won the selected. His experience aims to be decisive in the Reference Reference for years of national caning. In his immediate challenges, his last months and his challenges for the future have spoken to MD in a conversation arranged by his sponsor Jaecco.

A few days ago he lived the first major competition of the season with the National Selective. He won K4-500 with his new companions Adrián del Río, Carlos Arévalo and álex Graneri. How do you see this new team? How long will this new union be able to do?

It is a boat where the four ingredients start strongly at the individual level. But now the coupling and dating came up. In the can they are very important, because there are many details. In this case, we should do the technical gesture of each pallet and then the synchronization, with the importance of aerodynamics. The time it takes to get out, depending on each case, but at least a month.

They have this weekend the Szegggo World Cup. What goals are raised in the short term?

In Hungary there is a role goal at the level of the federative standard, which belongs to the six best in the world. If we succeed, these four will be the boat components we will go to the World Cup. If not, some pallists may enter if they have improved that performance. So that’s the purpose we set.

This is a new team, without Rodrigo Germade or Saúl Craviotto. You now, with Carlos Arévalo, one of the veterans. How does this new process live?

This is the first time the team has changed after two Olympic cycles, as Tokio whose Paris is the same as pallists. We have been practicing for hours, since we have eight years with the same four athletes, beyond some entry and release at specific times. Now fifty percent has changed and this is a new challenge. But the sport also: challenges and recreation, adapt, be off -orow. This is what we do now. The good thing we have in Spain is that we are a international power. One is coming in and the other comes out and the K4 is fast. Now in the World Cup this will be the first conflict of truth for good and worse.

Has your paper changed as a manager within the team?

I noticed. I do not want to impose too much. Yes, it is true that this shows, because it makes more cases if there is an opinion on a day -to -day basis. I get to know that meaning better (laughter).

Do changes help find new motivations after all that you have won?

Yes, I’m looking for a lot. I -motivated me looking to overcome. Innovative in some way, try not to stay at the same level. I am beautiful, but I am ambitious and wish to complicate my life, various challenges. In this aspect I already have the fact that there are new ingredients. But there was a part of me, in front of the whole Olympic cycle, not knowing the purpose I was raising. I still don’t know if I’ll be back to the individual alone. I’m not very clear.

Is there a deadline to decide to be marked?

Before I finish this period I have to decide. In the case of finishing this modality I need three periods to reach the following games in conditions.

Speaking of games, let’s go back to the last day, as it is one of the great Olympic event protagonists. How does it feel to be a flag bearer of the Spanish delegation?

This is a difficult experience to explain. Justice is not done with words in what it means to me. It’s a mix of emotions. I am the athlete of the entire Spanish delegation that brings the flag to an inauguration of an Olympic game, with this symbolic power. Athletes years ago showing it. Being at that level is an honor. By the time you live in training, you share the feelings of other athletes and are in the whole state to do my best.

He saw the bronze medal in K4. Do you appreciate the passage of time or the time it has achieved?

I always appreciate it to the maximum. I am a person who does not put a stall in the ranking. I’m looking for another kind of goals. For me this is to do my best in Olympic games. If you have medals, great. I was also in four K2, which was a quite difficult position I had never experienced. But, too, I gave my best version and got me. I have a medal of every color, it seems to be done (laughter).

Do you know something different?

No, even if I can say they are different because of the facts or paths they lead to each of them. The first gold, which by the color of the medal was the most important thing, I felt for me it was really the easiest to get, because I think I could beat the twist. Gold came to K1 and then I entered the equipment on the ship. That requires me to be fully adapted to my colleagues when we arrived in Tokyo. Then, facing Paris, both, but at the top of the two modalities.

In an effort to say two modalities, is it considered to be bowing to Los Angeles again?

I remember it, but I still don’t know what to do. I will consider it if it is a choice with meaning, with logic.

Does anyone change this Los Angeles cycle? I mean, it has three Olympic cycles on top. Does motivation change? Is there a risk of losing it at some point?

I consider to be the same same cycle of angels, but this is the first time I find it difficult to find a goal to overcome myself. You need to be humble and inspect that staying there is already a merit. Have that continued. It’s harder to stay than to get.

What is that motivation, which purpose was found?

The motivation is to remember that the training and the result for an Olympic game not only starts with that appointment, but begins to cycle. Paragüism is strength, resistance, but also adaptation and connection to cano and water. Motivation begins to train as soon as possible. Here’s where the details are from now to the main day.

An intermediate goal is marked on the way to games?

In principle, the main competition is the 2027 World Cup. At least for now, it has always been the first to qualify for the country’s square. But this Olympic cycle can change it and count the years from 2026.

What gave the experience for this cycle? Is the wear and tear show?

In Rio 2016 Once I crossed the goal I learned a relatively big lesson: the importance of details. That is something worth. People are capable of more than we think about. The experience of trial more and more gives you a little more silence when competing. As you have lived many times with that feeling, you are not very nervous and you feel less pressure. That makes you sleep better, eats better, not having insomnia. These are more practical details. In that sense, the experience gave me the most long feeling of those sensations. As for wearing, this is not something you notice. Paragüism is not especially harmful to that, it is natural.

Do you need any rest to re -imagine your challenges?

In my case I didn’t have to go from the sport, because I like it. I will do this even though I am not competing. But I took the opportunity to spend time with many things I usually couldn’t do for the sport. This is the case of my ‘Cooper Plan’, my personal health and good project. I am very dedicated here. Then, I was able to take care of my companions in my successes, as was Jaecco’s case.

Talk about Jaecco. How important are the brands in your career?

I have always thought that a company or a creature linked to the sport is for its values, because of the clean and beautiful image that the sport has. Then, in addition, because it is actually an entity or successful project as the Jaecco case shares sport values ​​such as Kanginging. It is a sport with an amazing spirit. The professional athlete has the factors that the search for efficiency, the care of the details, will provide its best. Off -road character, provide maximum possible effort and maximum performance. Working with Jaecco fits well and gives me a lot to a personal level.

Is there a dependency of sponsors in the can?

No hope, but they can help a lot. At least I always say this when I climb the podium: sponsors make up an integral part of it because they push us with Kano. They give us economic and support support. Jaecco is a spacecraft that goes with me, literally practice.

What goals do you train day -day? He is a champion at the Olympic, Triple Olympic medalist, Triple World Champion, Double European Champion, Multimedallist in great competitions. What challenges are needed to get?

As an athlete, I have no goal to meet. I feel like I’ve done everything. I don’t know what else I can achieve. But don’t say that I will not continue to go beyond me. My goals today are more than that experience and the palmarés and the authority facing overseas: I want to use them to do good to society, inspire, to help others get what they suggest, be it sport or out.

I want them to have tools for it, serve as inspiration, not to stop a negative emotion. That they see me as possible, that I started from below and it is possible to come. I wanted to do this at the level of conferences, social networks, by pisocologists and physical trainers … everyone turns out to bring back something to society of what I want.

Then, with his three Olympic medals, does he look at David Cal’s five and six Saúl Craviotto now?

I have never intended the accumulation of Olympic medals. I don’t have any or I have. As I get this age, I can go to two more games. There are things that do not depend on me, depending on the RFEP standard, in my environment. But I have never considered ranking goals.