The future pays homage to the past.
Mariano García
, today, as
Mariano Haro
.
Neither biomechanics, nor 'stages' at altitude, not even companions.
Legs and field to tire them.
"I have head and balls, with that I have plenty," says Garcia.
He trains alone in a small town in Murcia without an athletics track, and what happens?
As of this Saturday he is the new indoor world champion in the 800 meters thanks to a beautiful learning exercise.
Four years ago, when he made his debut with the national team, they already told him that his tactic of getting ahead and running until bursting did not work, that he had to learn to control himself, and he had never paid attention, until this Saturday.
In all the races, he was ahead, in the lead until exhaustion, but this time he was left behind.
In the first lap he was last.
On the second lap, sixth.
On the third lap, third.
And in goal, gold!
"I already warned that I was going to leave everything on the track. In the end I saw that they almost passed me and I told myself that I had to hold on," Garcia summed up about his duel with the Kenyan
Noah Kibet
, silver, who threatened to overtake him in the last corner , and with the American
Bryce Hoppel
, bronze.
Behind them, in fact,
Álvaro de Arriba entered
who, with a splendid final sprint, was only seven hundredths off the podium.
"I am happy for myself and for Mariano," he summarized from Arriba, aware that on this occasion the protagonist was his compatriot.
The boy who started running to escape the dog that chased him every morning, the teenager who turned a vacant Sunday street market venue into a national reference track, the young man who a few weeks ago broke a historical Spanish record in a pavilion New York has already won his first international medal, plus a gold.
At 24 years old it was the confirmation of his indomitable talent and his redemption after what he experienced last year.
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