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Join us on this journey and, when you arrive, tell us how your body has been. Spain this Friday had five medal options. The first: the swimmer
Nicolás García
, eighth and last in his final of the 200 backstroke. The second:
Gazi Jalidov
, boxer, defeated by Russian Imam Khataev. The third,
David Llorente
, also last in the final of the K1 in whitewater. The fourth, the tennis player
Pablo Carreño
, defeated by the Russian Karen Khachanov in the semifinals. And the fifth:
Enmanuel Reyes
, fired by the judges in boxing. How's it going? Evil? Well, we have been like this for several days.
Three days since Tuesday
Maialen Chourraut
hung the silver and opened the horizon.
At that time Spain added three medals, some of them surprising, like
David Valero's
on mountain bike, and they aspired to finish the week with five or six.
Now, the team simply waits for next week to arrive and, there, yes, the joys begin.
Is it serious, then?
No, not yet.
But...
At this point, that is to say, in the middle of the Games that we reached this Saturday, Spain had five medals in the last edition, in the Rio Games, three of them gold.
He had celebrated the successes of
Mireia Belmonte
in the pool, of Chourraut,
Marc López and Rafa Nadal
in the tennis doubles and of
Lidia Valentín
.
Then he would spend a few days in white, it is true, but there was already a certain tranquility.
The three current medals are the worst baggage since the 1992 Barcelona Games equaled that of the 2004 Athens Games and although it may not seem like it, that is a data for optimism.
In Greece, on a day like today, the country had also only sung two silver and one bronze and then reacted until reaching 20 medals, the second best harvest in history.
Ana Peleteiro, during the triple jump classification.REUTERS
Like now, there was unrest and like now, failure was predicted, but then boom! The Spanish began to crowd the podiums, one after another. In the day that marked the middle of the Games, in fact, four of them were uploaded at once and did not stop until the closing. The problem is that this will not happen now. This Saturday Spain only has one difficult option, Pablo Carreño's victory over Djokovic, and two very difficult ones, the mixed Olympic shooting trap and the mixed triathlon relays, and this Sunday everything is entrusted to
Ana Peleteiro
.
Only from Monday can you really go back. In sailing, the
medal races
will arrive
, in which there are well placed Spaniards, on Tuesday kayaking starts in calm waters ... "We cannot be alarmist. If we review the previous Games we will see that we always won fewer medals in the first week. We continue maintaining many, many possibilities. We must have peace of mind and trust in the work that our athletes and their federations have done during the last five years ", claims
Alejandro Blanco
, president of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE), in conversation with EL MUNDO.
"There are countries that can get many medals in some specialties and we tend to have our successes more widely distributed. We also win more diplomas and that must be taken into account. We have 11 diplomas and it is not easy to be among the eight best in the world in your field" , adds the leader before reviewing the "medal possibilities" that remain.
The hope of the candle
Let's go with him. In sailing there are three boats, the Finn and the two 4th in medal position and one in 4th place. In canoeing, the K4 led by
Saúl Craviotto
, the K1 by
Carlos Arévalo
and the K2 are more than reliable options. In karate, the medals of
Sandra Sánchez
and
Damián Quintero
are taken for granted due to the characteristics of the sport. In team competitions, men's football, both basketball teams, both handball teams, both water polo teams and women's field hockey are in the quarter-finals, and possibly affordable quarters. In athletics, the march must be disputed, and the tests of the referents,
Orlando Ortega
, Ana Peleteiro and
Mohamed Katir
.
In gymnastics,
Ray Zapata's
floor contest is missing
.
In track cycling, the couple formed by
Albert Torres and Sebastián Mora
will fight in the madison.
And even in climbing there could be a surprise from the young
Alberto Ginés
.
If they have joy, Spain can still be above 15 medals, the floor of disappointment.
If you have the spirit of these last days ... "Because of how the calendar always happens to us, there are always these concerns, but I repeat the message: tranquility and confidence", concludes Alejandro Blanco, who on Wednesday had to console the judoka
Niko Shera
after her unexpected elimination.
His medal was one of those that vanished, such as M
ario Mola's
in triathlon,
Paula Badosa's or Garbiñe Muguruza's
in tennis,
Jon Rahm's
in golf due to his positive in covid or even, before the Games started. , those of R
afa Nadal or Carolina Marín
.
All of them stayed on the road, but there are still others that may come.
Join us on this journey and we will see where we have arrived on August 8, the closing day.
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