MADRID, 3 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish triathlete Susana Rodríguez is clear that “now there is no other goal ahead of her other than Paris”, alluding to next summer’s Paralympic Games in the French capital, for which she will work “with great enthusiasm” and with the objective of ” build a solid foundation in winter” on a physical level.
“I looked at it very far away and I didn’t want to talk about it until recently, but the truth is that now there is no other goal in front of me other than Paris,” said Rodríguez in the run-up to the MARCA Women’s Sports Awards gala. in statements collected by Europa Press.
Thus, he admitted feeling “very eager” to get ready. “We have already started working towards the Games, hoping that the year goes well and we can build a solid base in winter to be able, in the summer, to get the best version of these last few years. Hopefully we can be fighting for everything,” said the triathlete from Vigo.
“Now I have started training. This is the second week, so right now going through this time when you are a little at the bottom of the well, after the holidays. But the truth is that with a lot of desire, a lot of enthusiasm. Every “This year the starting point is a little better, that’s good. Above all, they respect the injuries and the rest, I think it can be done well,” he predicted.
“The year has been good, I have had very good competitions, I have done very good training and I have been very regular. It has been hard because I have returned to work after the Games, again. So we have to make everything compatible,” explained Rodríguez, who recently competed in Pontevedra for the culmination of the World Series.
“It couldn’t have been the finishing touch, but rather a silver one, with the World Championship, with a slightly unpleasant experience. But now looking at it more in the long term, I’m happy because I have the ticket to Paris and that’s the most important thing,” she said. , in reference to her yellow card in the cycling section that prevented her from becoming world champion for the fifth consecutive time.
Finally, Rodríguez was confident about Paris 2024. “We will have to fight, it is very difficult because we all want to achieve the same thing. I already had the opportunity to win some Games and it was certainly a great experience and why not, try it again,” he concluded.