After reappearing in the Championships of Spain of short swimming pool, on which she got six gold medals, the Catalan swimmer Mireia Belmonte has done a positive balance of her return when affirmed that “it is the first step” to face with guarantees the preparation of the Olympic Games of Rio. The qualifications obtained in Gijon last weekend confirmed that Belmonte is recovered from her shoulders injury, that kick off her from World cups of Kazán (Russia), although the swimmer has pointed out that she is not yet by hundred percent.
“The shoulders are not perfect yet, but it’s true that I have gain musculature and I am much better”, told the Catalan right after the delivery of the medal, in bronze category, of the Real Order to the Sports Merit that the Higher Council of Sports (CSD) has gave to her trainer, Fred Vergnoux, in the CAR of Sant Cugat.
Belmonte, whom in Gijon reappeared after four months without competing officially, celebrated the good showed sensations last weekend. “I do a very positive balance of the Championships of Spain, I think that it has been a good beginning of period and I believe that it is only the first step, we have to go much better”, she added.
She also congratulated herself for the recognition Vergnoux has received, whom she has challenged to that the next medal to the Sports Merit that he obtains is of silver.
In this sense, the Gallic technician got excited after gathering the medal: “It is quite special. The attitude that I have like competitive trainer is that my boys win and to win I also. The fact of getting a recognition as this one up cheers you to work more and to do the things better”.
The next Vergnoux goal is to help his pupil in the preparation for the Olympic Games of Rio de Janeiro, where he is sure that the main goal of the Badalona swimmer is the gold. “She is sure. She does not want to go for a walk in Rio”, told the trainer about Belmonte, of whom he has said that she has recovered the happiness after leaving behind her shoulders problems. “Mireia is back. She does pranks, starts laughing, she is the happiness, with many desire of working, she is all out looking after herself and inside the group she is also very important”, he has concluded.
Belmonte does a positive balance of the Nationals