Jul 28, 2024, 10:01 ET
Mexican gymnast Natalia Escalera said that to mitigate the pain caused by an injury she took some painkillers in order to fulfill her “dream” of being in the Olympic Games
The Mexican athlete, Natalia Escalerawas close to not participating in the gymnastics qualifiers of Paris 2024 due to an injury, but used painkillers to fulfill his dream.
“I had said I wasn’t going to participate, but I had to take as many pills as I could to be able to do it and I’m very happy, because I was able to fulfill my dream,” he said at the end of his participation in the Olympic Games.
“They say that the stage is a painkiller, I’m in a lot of pain, but it was the last routine, so I had to leave everything. Every time I put my foot on the bar it was pain; I just prayed to get through the routine healthy,” she said.
Natalia Escalera was injured in the Paris 2024 gymnastics program. AP
While, Raul Carrillothe doctor of the gymnastics team, confirmed that Escalera’s injury is a partial tear of the plantar tendon.
Alexa Moreno, also injured
While, Alexa Moreno She revealed that she competed in the artistic qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with a cartilage injury in her right knee and that the physiotherapist who accompanied her during the preparation did not travel as part of the delegation, however, she is capable of competing in the final if she qualifies.
“I’m injured. The thing is that the physiotherapist who was with me the whole way inside was not among those who were brought; it was a person who doesn’t really know me and doesn’t know how they bandaged me.
“I’m old enough for it to affect me. It’s all in my head. Any mistakes I’ve made were my own, nothing more. Bringing back an injury hit me hard in training, because it was something I had to take care of all these months; I still have to have another operation, so falls are much scarier; I do it perfectly or it will hurt and you’re not always in a position to do it perfectly. It’s difficult to handle it,” he said.
