Other great names in Spanish and Spanish-speaking Olympics showed their affection and admiration for the figure of Rafa Nadal.
As Ander Mirambellfour-time Winter Olympian: “For me Rafa Nadal is much more than a sports legend. We talk about Rafa for everything he has won, but for me Rafa Nadal is much more than a walking showcase,” he noted for Olympics.com.
“I think that every time he wins and transmits the values of the sport; every time he speaks at a press conference and gives us a life lesson, about how he lives the sport and how he overcomes injuries… For me Rafa is much more that a winning machine. He is a legend, and a legend is not only winning, but is transmitting, communicating, sharing those values of sport, both within the competition and outside.
“For me Rafa has been an example. We can only thank him and hope that he continues doing it in the position he wants, because we need him to continue teaching us everything that sport is. Thank you, Rafa!” Mirambell concluded.
The triple Olympic medalist in weightlifting Lydia Valentin He defined Nadal as “the excellence of sport.” “For his talent, for his integrity, for his values, for that capacity for resilience, for that perseverance, for that sacrifice, for teaching us that you can always do a little more, you can always, always try to improve,” he told Olympics.com. “Thank you for this legend, for this legacy that you have left. Thank you for making us vibrate.”
Meanwhile, the Colombian legend of BMX Racing Mariana Pajón He highlighted Rafa Nadal as “discipline, resilience and power.” “He is a true champion on and off the court, a person who showed us the value of a victory, but also humility in winning, and in defeat. A resilient, a person who dreamed, who believed and who made us believe to us too that in this way we can go very, very far in what we really want to achieve in life.
