2024-07-31 21:35:20
A medal that every athlete wants! Guatemalan shooter Jean Pierre Brol She knows what it is to celebrate and suffer, what it is to stay close to the podiumbut now in Paris 2024 everything was in his favor until he managed to win the bronze medal Olympic pit.
The smallest of the Brol Cardenas brothers He won a medal that has a special flavor, it is one of the medals of a united family and of an entire country, which has seen him shine for more than 20 years. Below we leave you an interview after win Olympic bronzeHow cool!
Jean Pierre Brol and the medal for an entire country
There were three shooters left to compete for medals, the other three shooters had already been eliminated from the medal race. There was Jean Pierre with his Italian shotgun Perazziwith the same one he has practiced since he was little when his father, Fernando Brol taught him how to shoot.
The youngest of the Brol brothers has participated in the Olympic cycle since 2009, when he began a dream that years later would become a reality. He had already been Central American and Caribbean champion and it is the current one Pan American champion of Chile 2023but since London 2012 There was that thorn in my side with that 28th place that I knew could be better.
An award for the Brol family
After receiving the bronze medal in the Chateauroux Shooting CenterJean Pierre approached the mixed zone, but his heart was in Guatemala. «I am looking forward to talking to my wife, children and my mother. I want to share with them everything I feel.»he said excitedly.
And it is no wonder, the medalist He has had a year with many participations as preparation, and although all that was worth it, for the 41-year-old shooter, being able to feel close to his family will undoubtedly be the greatest prize, because together with his Brothers Quique and Herbert have spent many mornings alone in the Hunting, Shooting and Fishing Club.
But now it’s time to celebrate and although as Pierre says, he has not yet managed to measure the magnitude of the meaning of that medalthat medal that has taken years of work, many hours working to achieve perfection.
The Guatemalan commented: «I was in the mindset of winning gold, but things didn’t work out for me for one reason or another. Like every competition, I always ask God for temperance and wisdom, so that He can help me handle the situation better, and so it was, here I am.».
A final that made him suffer
For Jean Pierrethis Tuesday, July 30, 2024, will go down in history in his mind and heart and not only for winning the bronze medal in Olympic pitalso because of the way he arrived. First he knocked down the 50 dishes of the second phase of the classification.
He then competed in a play-off to qualify for the grand final, and then he missed two shots in a row, which seemed to complicate things, but between the shots there was the calm that he knew how to manage. He was close to winning the silver, but another mistake left him with the bronze, a medal that makes an entire country proud.
«It has been a long road, a very atypical cycle because of everything we have been through. This year I went out a lot to prepare and we did well and there is the fruit. I share this medal with Guatemala, with the people who have supported me and I am grateful for the tests I have gone through and the difficult moments, because they have me here.»said the Olympic medalist excitedly.
Jean Pierre becomes the second Guatemalan athlete to win an Olympic medal. In 2012 she did it Érick Barrondo in a 20 kilometer walknow hunting gun shooting has a lot to celebrate. What a pride!
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