2023-10-11 20:22:39
As in Lima 2019, Nadia Riquelme will once once more participate in the biggest event of continental sport. At the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile 2023, the athlete from Neuquén will seek to once once more rub shoulders with the best athletes in canoe slalom and dream of getting on the podium once more.
At 37 years old, the one born in San Martín de los Andes will compete in women’s K1 kayak cross starting October 20 in the Chilean capital. You will travel with the experience in your bag. having won the silver medal four years ago.
Nadia arrives with good performances in different World Cups and last year, at the Odesur Games in Asunción 2022, he won bronze in extreme K1 female.
Nadia Riquelme’s preparation for the 2023 Pan American Games
Despite the complications he had training in recent months due to weather conditionsthe neuquina is focused on play a good role in Santiago. “I’m fine-tuning as much as I can in the last few workouts. Yes ok We spent difficult days due to the cold, the wind and the rain, we are putting all our effort into it because it is a great possibility that of being in another Pan American,” said the paddler.
Yes ok in Lima 2019 it was silver, On that occasion he achieved it in the K1 Slalom and now Riquelme changed disciplines so he faces a great challenge.
“It’s going to be quite a challenge. but luckily I have been running in this modality for a long time. I did well in the Odesur and all expectations are set there. The result “It can be for anyone because it depends a lot on the weather condition that day, the track and each paddler,” explained the Neuquén.
It is that the cross or extreme kayak mode It is a competition in which four competitors start together, They compete to reach the finish line, colliding their boats and complying with the route established by the organizers.
Combining work and training, the great challenge
Like many Argentine athletes, Riquelme does not have the chance to dedicate herself exclusively to being a professional athlete and you have to make your daily work compatible with high-performance training.
“I am a trainer in a gym and, luckily, my boss is my coach. Since the beginning We raised the idea that if I have to compete I can leave, so from that side I have a lot of understanding and help. My group of students also always supports me,” she commented.
With those condiments, Nadia now has everything ready to embark on a new Pan American adventure in which he will try to get back on the podium to bring another medal to the province.
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