Comment 13- Río de Janeiro 2016, Olympic Games in Brazil

  Without a doubt, the Río Olympics Games in 2016 were much better than this year in Tokyo. Although Spain got 17 medals like this year, in Río it got 7 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze, which means more gold medals for our country. In addition, most of these medals were won by women such as Ruth Beitia, Mireia Belmonte, Carolina Marín... 

It ́s inevitable for me to get excited when I see the 200m butterfly race in which Mireia Belmonte won the gold medal. It was a brilliant race, every time I see it my hairs stand on end. I would like one day to be able to swim at least half as well as Mireia Belmonte does. On the other hand, the choreography of the gymnasts in which Spain got the silver medal was also beautiful. 

A “medley event” is a combined event, which are different races in which the result of one event doesn ́t affect the result of the other ones. In the swimming races where I compete, is the same; there are different races where you can participate. Normally, only 2 of them are done for several weeks until they are all completed. Once the results are public, the top 8 compete in the final to see who wins the race.  

In Río, they are 5 hours behind Spain, so the live races were on the TV very early. However, many people from all over the world got up early to see them. I have done it in spite of all my love for sleeping  This is the magic of the Olympic Games, how they make the people stay together to do something. This year it was a year late due to COVID, but we have all enjoyed it very much because we were looking forward to it.