PARIS.- Gilda Cota Vera He has already tasted the sweetness of a great triumph in the midst of an illness that drastically changed his life.
And now that it was awarded runner-up in shot put at the Paris Paralympic Games, The Yucatecan athlete wants her efforts to set a precedent for those who, like her, suffer from multiple sclerosis.
โNobody expects life to change so much. It changed for me from one day to the next. But from that day on I decided to take life with grit and courage and surprise life,โ she said. Yucatecan athlete after receiving your silver medal at the Stade de France, the grand venue that hosts the Paralympic Athletics events.
Gilda, with multiple sclerosis since June 2020it was a sea of โโemotions on a day that will be part of the History of Yucatecan sportbecause only she and the footballer Henry Martin Mex have tried the Olympic medals in the land of the pheasant and the deer.
โSince we were in the room to pass and I saw the medalsโฆ,โ he told the reporter who interviewed him, and burst into tears.
โI have no doubt that we are surprising life. It tastes like gold to me. I am very happy, grateful to the people and to life for being here.โ
He highlighted his excitement at seeing that his achievement in Paris It is being seen, there is empathy towards his struggle โand that is the best medal.โ
The awards ceremony took place in the morning in Paris, early in Mexico.
Gilda She was second in the F33 bullet impulse test, staying at nine centimeters of the gold medalwon by a competitor from China.
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2024-09-20 18:15:10