The Closing National Judo Championship began at the “Federación” stadium and during the opening ceremony there was the stellar presence of Paula Pareto. The Olympic medalist recalled her beginnings before El Tribuno de Jujuy.
“The truth is that it is very nice, to thank the entire province of Jujuy for receiving us, it is always nice to come, the love of the people and we receive it every time we come, thank you very much on behalf of the entire judo family,” highlighted the winner of the gold medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
And he highlighted that “coming back here and seeing the little ones reminds me of my first competitions, my first nationals, I went until I retired to the national tournaments so I’m happy to be able to be there and take part from the other side and see the guys how they are evolving because we as a coaching staff keep track of them.”
That is why Pareto stressed that returning to a competition “is something very nice, exciting, sharing with the judo family and people who perhaps are not from judo and come and share a moment with other disciplines, it is something that we are passionate about transmitting. what this sport is.”
The former judoka of the National Team said that “the idea is to make the sport visible at the national level that is in all the provinces, last week we were at the Evita Games, before in the Buenos Aires Games, there are a lot of competitions where perhaps one more discover the new judo players that you have to follow, that’s why it’s good to be in all the competitions, accompany and be able to bring out those who will later be the exponents at the national and international level.”
Pareto said that “we are trying to discover with the rest of the coaching staff the new powers that are to come, the experience undoubtedly helps, both me and the rest of the coaches who are former judokas, we are making a team to continue with that project.”
One of the main barriers that the amateur athlete has is the economic factor, which is why the now coach praised the accompaniment and support of parents in this stage of growth “the amateur athlete knows what the economic issue is, we don’t do it for a reason.” economic issue but because of a passion and that is why all these people are here, and to thank the whole family for supporting their children.
Finally, I leave a message to the judokas of the province in particular and to all the athletes of the province “to pursue your dreams, your goals, that everything is possible in pursuit of the effort you put into it every day, nothing is impossible if you work seriously and sacrifice”, concluded Paula Pareto.
