The Spanish skater Sara Hurtado, who has passed the confinement in Moscow, has recognized that the news that came from her country was "devastating" and that "seeing ice rinks turned into morgues", as happened in Madrid, is one of the things that have "impacted" you most in your life.

"The news that came from Spain and from places very close to my heart was devastating. Seeing how the ice rinks became morgues has been one of the things that has impacted me the most as a person and as a sportsman. You really see the magnitude of the virus and that has devastated absolutely everything. I have realized the fragility of the world in which we live, how lucky I am to be able to dedicate myself to what I do and to have the people around me, "he explained. Hurtado in statements provided by the Spanish Olympic Committee .

"I have never been off the track for so long, not even injured. Since the eight years I have been skating, nothing like this has happened," admitted the skater, who has made it "very strange" not to see her partner Kiril Jaliavin "between four and eight hours a day". "Later we will see how we go around school, but surely I will appreciate it much more," he acknowledged.

"Without ice and without a partner"

During the confinement, the Madrilenian has trained "as possible because without ice and without a partner" her discipline "loses absolutely everything." "We have tried, both Kirill and I, to maintain physical fitness as much as possible with some boards that our coach sent us daily with circuits to follow. I have missed a lot of getting on the skates and touching the ice, but I think we have adapted in the best possible way and the impact on our body has been minimal, "he predicted.

At the expense of how the pandemic evolves, Hurtado and Jaliavin are already planning to qualify for the next Winter Olympics in 2022 . "Our goal will be to empty ourselves. It is the most honest and true thing you can do when you come to a competition of that caliber, to be left with nothing inside and give everything, not to be left in doubt that you could have been a little better. The result will go from the hand of that feeling of truth and presence on the ice. Dreaming I see myself up there, that is clear, "he concluded.

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