Silence is a way of life for Cuban Iván Pedroso, champion of all lengths, now Ana Peleteiro's coach, who always denies interviews and restricts the exposure of his pupil as much as possible.

With few exceptions, the jumper barely appears in the media and each must be negotiated tooth and nail with the technician.

That is why the 'boom' of the jumper in recent months, the protagonist of programs such as 'El Hormiguero' and 'El Desafío', on the cover of magazines such as Cosmopolitan, the image of various advertising campaigns, was surprising.

"He needed to clear up", she admitted herself and assured, at the same time, that after a blank 2020, she would compete again "as always".

And yesterday he did, boy did he do it.

After a winter of changes and doubts, with supposed difficulties to overcome 14 meters, in the last jump of the triple jump in the indoor European Championship in Torun, he flew to 14.52 meters and took the silver.

A centimeter, a single centimeter separated him from repeating the gold that was hung two years ago, but it mattered little.

Only behind the Portuguese Patricia Mamona, Peleteiro announced his return and confirmed that his strength is the taste for competition.

When it is more difficult, it arises;

he loves that moment, he savors it.

With Orlando Ortega away, training in Cyprus, Peleteiro is the great benchmark of the entire national team and the best to define his generation: in Europe they are ambitious for everything, outside they still have a step to go.

While the medals in the Olympic and World Games are still dreamed of, not won, the continent has become the playground of several 'millennials'.

Like the jumper, Jesús Gómez, bronze in the 1,500 meters on Friday;

Óscar Husillos, gold in the 400 meters on Saturday;

Jorge Ureña, silver in the heptathlon this Sunday;

and Adel Mechaal, bronze in the 3,000 meters also this Sunday.

Spain left Torun with five medals, ninth in the medal table, and the need to endorse those podiums in more important events.

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