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- With three World Cups and an Olympic gold to his credit, he is among the best athletes in our history and is one of the great hopes of Spain in Tokyo 2020. In addition, thanks to it this discipline, so far unknown here, lives its golden stage . We interviewed her during one of her strenuous training days.
From nine in the morning to nine at night. Twelve hours dedicated to badminton. Day after day. Almost no free time. It is the method with which he has achieved three World Cups and one Olympic gold. If you repeat success in the Tokyo 2020 Games, you will have become the best player in history. The challenge is even greater after having overcome six very hard months of rehabilitation, which was condemned by a serious knee injury. It is hard to imagine the work and the will that are needed to be Carolina Marín. "Not even my family knows how hard this is," he confesses. But in his eyes there is no regret, only determination.
I Donate How was the knee? CAROLINA MARÍN Sometimes with some setback, but fine. It is not 100% yet. I have to strengthen it more, it's a matter of time. I used to think that a serious injury could condition the rest of my career, and it hasn't been that way. How do you overcome yourself mentally? With a lot of work. During the rehabilitation I was already preparing with my psychologist for the competition, controlling negative emotions, visualizing what the first game would be like, internalizing improvements in technical aspects ... You learn a lot from the difficulties because they help you to value things and you They make stronger. Is success a matter of character? It is a fundamental part. For example, I am a very emotional and impatient person, aspects that can be positive if you control them. How will your life be until the Olympic Games? I will not stop training and competing. Until May I must get the best results to obtain the classification. And then, continue to the maximum to be the head of the series and avoid the best in the first rounds.All that what makes your day to day? I tell you what I have done today. At nine in the morning I started with a physical arm training. From 10 to 12 I have done technical and tactical work. From 12 to one I played high intensity training. One to two, psychologist. At two I have eaten. From four to six thirty, more training, with very specific technical work. Until half past seven, legs. And I finish with an hour and a half of physiotherapy.Phenomena like yours are the best promotion of women's sports, but what else is needed? I am very grateful to Iberdrola for being one of the first companies that are giving a strong boost to women in sport, especially in minority disciplines. Although I think badminton is not so much anymore. Thanks to this work, other companies support athletes who are having even more successes than men. Until when you see yourself on the slopes? For now I do not set limits. I still have a lot, although I notice that the body suffers more and more. It may seem that I am young with 26 years, but I have a hard time recovering much more. That's why you have to take care of yourself and train so much. No one knows the sacrifices demanded by high competition ...According to the criteria of The Trust Project
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