SUSANA Rodriguez, this time with Sarah breeze as Guatemala, has Re-certification of Tokyo Paralympic gold Three years later in Paris. The Galician doctor, Five-time world champion and four-time European champion, Once again proved to be the best. They led the triathlon from start to finish with authority. They left the Seine in first place, kept it on the track and secured it on the asphalt more than 2 minutes before the second. With a time of 1:04.19 She tasted the glory and gave Spain its fifth gold The eleventh medal is in pars. When he crossed the finish line, he melted into an endless hug with Sarah. Smile from ear to ear. Paralympic champion again. Another hug. Meanwhile, the second without appearing. After two minutes and 24 seconds Italian Francesca tarantello and her guide crossed the finish line to take the silver medal.
Who has Fifth place in real Oman 2016, Rodriguez was clear that he wanted to return to the games to get a medal. Already He told his girlfriend at the time on the plane. This small gasoline fork was in the cycle as long as the Tokyo, where she was crowned Paralympic champion. Shortly before , he had starred in Time magazine cover, Jump to World Fame.
After the games I experienced a phase of ‘Burn’. And now what? It is difficult to find the motivation of the previous cycle again. It was a wonderful bump with his psychologist Mara Martinez, like Carolina Marn.
Icon of the Paralympic movement
The Galician, whose visual acuity is about 10% as a result of albinism, has become a symbol of the Paralympic movement. She even has her own Barbie., Another barrier MS has broken. Now girls can play in being her because she has become a reference.
Susanna herself used to play the Olympic Games as a child with her sister Patricia. Sport has always been his passion, just like medicine. He works in the service of Physical Medicine and rehabilitation at the University Hospital Complex in Vigo, where I ordered a 33% reduction in working hours so that I could prepare the final stage to Paris.
Message on Instagram
For these games, and since the swimming sector was in the river with a lot of current, Rodriguez changed his guide. Since this year She competes with Sarah Breeze, who was an Olympic swimmer in Athens 2004 with only 16 years. “It gives me a lot of security,”says the Galician. Breeze in this designation ACAP Septima in 4 * 100 styles and Ricord from Spain in the remover. Now he has returned to a few matches, but from a different perspective. “It’s Susanna’s matches , I’m just trying to make it as quickly as possible. What I liked the most was the ability to get to know the world of disability and learn from them, ” she told Marka.
“It’s Exceptional athlete, perfectionist and quadriplegic But a huge part of her successes is due to her kindness and because she wants to do everything she thinks about,” Sarah says about her.
They have known each other for years, but they competed together for the first time last year. Susanna needed a guide to the Spanish championship and in September she laid A message on Instagram. Sarah offered and they had such a good feeling that they decided to compete together.
An unexpected accident
Since then they have climbed to the podium in all events except the World Cup held in Vigo in June, where they suffered An accident in tandem When they were going at a speed of 70 km / h. On their bodies… Some signs of burns can be seen since. The helmet was basic. Salve.
That episode United them even more, though also Certain fears are born that you have worked with your psychologist. “It was a challenge, especially mentally,”he admits. Because, as he explains, he loses concentration a little thinking about what could happen, even if it is unlikely.
Barely a month later They won the Montreal World Championship, Where they went to experience sensations and remove fears in the face of pars. “We spent the whole week walking around the ring, we looked like satellites,”he recalls with a laugh. Their instructor, while concentrating in the Sierra Nevada car, also set up circuits with many curves and descents to restore safety.
This Monday it became clear that the fear was over. The most competitive side and his talent came out and together, Susanna and Sarah headed towards the finish line, which crowned them Paralympic champions. The second gold in a row for Galician.
