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"Suguro Osako, 2:05:29 at the Tokyo marathon , Japan's record, best mark ever among the unborn in Africa. Coached by Pete Julian, former Nike Oregon Project." The text is accompanied by a video from a Japanese television that Joaquín Carmona has downloaded to improve his tweet. He has 146 likes, 30 retweets, and seven responses. He posted it on March 1 and is one of 29,500 tweets he has on his Twitter profile, @ Jokin4318 , an account he describes as "Athletics Information".

The incredible thing about all this is that Joaquín Carmona, 46, from Zamudio (Vizcaya), has downloaded the video and has written the tweet from the Madrid public library that he visits almost every afternoon to inform his followers about the latest news. athletics world. He did it after sleeping in a nearby park and looking for food around the neighborhood, on whose streets he lives. Because Joaquín Carmona is an expert in athletics, a living encyclopedia, and he has no roof to live in , as he told the blog "La Bolsa del Runner".

The public library he went to is closed by Covid-19, which prevents Carmona from updating his Twitter profile . No one knew anything about her, or her life, until now. In that library they remind him of just seeing the photo: "Man, of course!" , the people in charge of the center answer EL MUNDO. They speak of him as a "very independent" man, who until confinement " used the library almost daily ", either to connect to Wi-Fi or to sit at one of the computers. "Here many homeless people come. Go for books, to use a computer or to wash up in the services", they summarize in the center, which right now only opens for the loan of books: " We haven't seen him for months, of course, for the coronavirus . "

" I put the last tweet at the Atocha station the day the Alarm State started and the police ordered me to leave before closing everything. Since then, I have nowhere to turn on the computer or where to charge the battery," says Carmona. to the blog La Bolsa del Corredor, of the daily Sport.

Joaquín's 'discovery' has run like wildfire through the athletics world , with a multitude of athletes reacting to the news and asking for the Federation and fans to help him . As confirmed by EL MUNDO sources from the Federation, the RFEA is already in "direct contact" with Carmona to " help him in whatever he needs ", although the agency ruled out making any statement or public action. "We knew who he was, of course. In social networks he is well known , even by people who have no direct relationship with athletics, but we did not know the vital situation he was in, " they admit, and avoid giving more details to respect privacy. of Joaquín at the same time that they ask for "caution" to try to solve his situation in the way that he considers.

"It is one of the best sources of athletics information," writes Kilian Jornet , one of the most important Spanish athletes in the world. "His knowledge and statistical ability would surely be very useful in many domains of athletics." The athlete Javi Guerra , for his part, has reacted to the news, assuring that "in the Federation he would play a great role. It is time to help him."

Even journalists from other sports, such as Julio Maldonado 'Maldini ', passionate about athletics, praise Carmona's work: "He is a phenomenon in athletics information. I am sure the Federation is going to lend him a hand ."

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