The postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Games has been a blow for the Spanish Olympians , but also a relief after the initial doubts, when they could not train while other athletes from different countries did. All had planned their training and competitions to face the appointment of Japan with guarantees and, once postponed to 2021, they had to get the idea that they would need another year at the highest level.
This has been summarized by all in the act of the Spanish Olympic Committee together with the UCAM of Murcia in which the campaign " For a Spain with values " was presented, which has featured some of the main athletes in our country, led by Saúl Craviotto and Lydia Valentín .
"I feel privileged because I have been able to train at home and my whole family is fine . And that was the most important thing," the weightlifting champion told EL MUNDO, aware of the need to have " peace of mind " throughout the process. . "You have to have peace, both mental and muscular, because if not the muscle is stressed. The central system, your mind, is what directs everything, and if your mind is not at peace, it is bombarded by situations, your body is not going to answer the same . So high-performance athletes always try to be in a bubble, because it is unfeasible to practice elite sport with all the uncertainties about what is happening. "
Ponferrada's recognizes that the most difficult thing is to specify objectives. "Before we had a specific one, now I prepare the European of the end of the year and maybe in two months they tell us that we are not going . It is what you have, you take it badly or you take it well. I take it well," he says, And he admits that he is not afraid of the virus: "It is not fear. You have to be responsible, act in a good way and be generally aware."
The athlete is one of the great candidates to carry the flag of Spain at the opening ceremony of the Games , and with each passing week it is more likely that she will share that honor with Saúl Craviotto or Mireia Belmonte . "I would be delighted, it would be a dream," she said.
Craviotto , meanwhile, returned to his profession as a police officer during confinement, and has now been training for almost two months. " The first day I patrolled I was hallucinating. It seemed that we were in a scary movie . The empty streets, the people with fear, with uncertainty ... Everything was new for everyone and gave a little respect," he admits.
The four-time Olympic medalist, who "would like" to be a flag bearer , assures during quarantine "the worst is the head." "Not only in sports, also in any workplace. Uncertainty eats you up inside, it eats your head up . But it is the new reality that we are living and we have to adapt," and he summarizes what he felt when they canceled the Games: " You are four years working for a test that lasts a minute . It is a lot of pressure, a lot of work, many hours ... That they tell you at the last minute that you have to stay another year is a good touch, but that's it. the reset key and stop regretting it. "
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