2023-09-05 17:33:57
The queen of Chilean karate. Valentina Toro appears as a fixed letter to the gold medal in the Pan American Games Santiago 2023a multi-sport event that will take place from October 20 to November 5.
The national athlete recently established herself in Costa Rica as two-time adult Pan American championfurther thickening his extensive list of medals obtained.
The 23-year-old from Santiago, who in 2019 reached the top 1 of the World Karate Federation in the women under 19 category, is Step by Step in the adult circuit repeating the success he had in youth categories.
Toro might not say present four years ago in the Pan American Games in Lima being second in the national ranking in its category -the -55 kilos-. Now, Toro arrives as the best in Santiago 2023 and her great dream is to stand in the top of the podium before his people.
Valentina spoke with BioBioChile and from the outset she referred to your sensations with the Pan American Games just around the corner. “I am not calm, nor less relaxed. I’m looking forward to competing”, he counted.
“I am trying harder every day and building that dream that is there and is to leave the gold at home. that is my big dream”, he added, making his expectation clear.
In addition, the Chilean karate fighter pointed out that for the first time she will compete with all the public in your favor. “It’s a giant emotion, something that cannot be explained. In the past Odesurs I competed with a Paraguayan for gold and I had all the people once morest it, ”she said.
“I haven’t had the fortune that my close ones accompany me to each tournament and now I will have them here, my coach, my university classmates, everyone supporting me. A great feeling, ”she complemented.
Regarding the final stretch of her preparation, the Usach Industrial Civil Engineering student said that “despite the fact that there is nothing left, it goes on with everything. Orlando, Jordan and Egypt are the next destinations and then return to Santiago to face the Pan American Games”.
Regarding the main contenders for the gold medal in the country, the standard-bearer and gold winner in the Odesur de Asunción 2022 pointed out that “in my category the strongest are Canada, USA y yo”.
Finally, BBCL asked Valentina Toro regarding the controversy in karate in the run-up to the Pan American Games. Three athletes (Carol de la Paz, Ignacia Morales and Kenneth Botten) accused of being unjustifiably marginalized from Santiago 2023.
“It is an internal issue. All athletes give the maximum today and we all want to be at the Pan American Games, to represent the country, but it’s a pity because not all of us can. There is a quota per category, except for one, and that is already in the IND’s technical decisions and that I can only give my opinion, ”he declared.
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