2023-11-13 01:19:04
It is now customary for the family to say goodbye before the eyes of many. There is no shortage of tears, strong hugs, and countless wishes so that when they return, they do not lack enthusiasm. They overflow with adrenaline in front of the television or a phone call; There is no calm here or there because the champion is on his way to touch dreams.
A few nights ago, in an attempt to check how an athlete’s family prepares when it is time to fight for a place on the podium, this reporter spoke with Mainoldis Cordero Martínez, wife of the Guanajayense para-athlete Yunier Fernández.
Yunier is a member of the table tennis team that represents Cuba in the 2023 Parapan American Games in Chile along with Yanelis Silva Nodarse from Holguin, and the wise coach Rieldis Ortega. They will have to raise the name of their provinces and country, as has happened in other fairs but now recharged with the will that this great sporting festival demands.
«We are used to feeling a lot of emotions when Yunier leaves home to compete. We know about her conditions as a human being and athlete, and we never doubt her high capacity to bring medals to the house,” said Mainoldis seconds after speaking by video call with her husband, father of her three children. .
«He speaks daily with the children and lets me know that everything is fine, that there are no problems of any kind: neither mental nor physical, and those words give us peace of mind.
“A few nights ago he told us that it is his desire to achieve a good result and one of those I commented to him: ‘Baby, any medal!’, and he, determined as always, replied: ‘Not just any, the gold one!’ . I believe that he has this great ability to motivate himself in the face of his shocks, and even do it with us. »
Daily training marks the day of the Guanajayense parathlete in Chile these days. According to the information provided by his wife, he will play one day before the opening of the Parapan American Games on November 17, and he considers he feels in excellent condition. He seeks qualification for the Paris 2024 Paralympic games, and those who know him do not doubt his courage to achieve it.
Yunier, champion of the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games and medalist in the versions of Rio de Janeiro 2007, Guadalajara 2011 and Toronto 2015, will soon move to the Village in Chile to conclude his preparatory stage towards the fair. He is one of those who always thanks his coach, the members of the INDER Department of Sports for People with Disabilities and his family: that place that is higher than the podium, more glorious than triumph and the only sacred refuge because there, In your home, is your Olympus.
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