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It has become one of the icons of Spanish sport breaking barriers in a discipline without too much tradition of international success in our country, weightlifting.
Lydia Valentín has two Olympic medals (silver in Beijing and bronze in Rio) waiting to be awarded her London gold after the doping elimination of the first three, she is European and world champion.
His presence has raised great expectations in the Campus of Los Jerónimos of the Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM) where he has given a talk to students of the Faculty of Sports and the Degree in Journalism and has offered a Masterclass at the UCAM Sports Center.
The UCAM has come up with the feeling of having done a great job in what we have been in 2018 but with many objectives and dates marked in red on the calendar: "I am in one of my best moments, fifteen days ago I won three gold medals In the European Championship and this weekend I won in the Spanish Cup, now I think about the Mediterranean Games that are in June in Tarragona and the training is focusing on this competition. "
Taking advantage of his presence at the Catholic University of Murcia, Lydia thanked the work of this institution in favor of athletes and outlined their future plans: "The work that UCAM is doing with Olympic athletes is essential as many of us We can study thanks to his model, I have a project for which I want to study the Master in Management and Management of Sports Entities, although now I am very focused on the competitions and I will resume my studies later.The UCAM helps us a lot and that is fundamental because we we dedicate all our time to compete and that a university helps us in this way is very important for us. "
During the talk with the students, he talked about many aspects of his sporting career, such as the two Olympic medals he has won due to the disqualification of his rivals for doping.
Lydia is clear that "you have to toughen the penalties for doping, nobody will give me back those moments on the podium or return to Spain as Olympic champion or runner-up, but at least the medals will be where they really need to be. positive and I can be calm because nobody is going to come and take my medals, the most important thing is honor and not to deceive the spectator ".
In addition, when asked if she counts more work or talent, Lydia has not hesitated for a moment: "Work is much more valuable than talent because if you have talent and you do not work it, it is useless He does not stop working, he can always improve, the ideal is to have both, but if you have to choose, work is much more important ".
And he has put his sport as an example that "the strongest does not always win, the one that arrives better mentally, in better physical shape and with a more worked technique".
Masterclass at the UCAM Sports Center
To end the day, Lydia Valentín has offered a Masterclass at the UCAM Sports Center where she has offered some of the keys to elite weightlifting and has taught some exercises and techniques to improve their workouts.
A luxury for all the attendees to have one of the best halibut in the world and one of the great reference athletes of our country.
Source: UCAM
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