Cecilia Carranza Saroli: “I want us to be able to choose freely and no one is left out of sport”

“In sports, sometimes it is very difficult for emotions to be on the surface because you have to go out, train and be ready,” he said. Cecilia Carranza Saroli during the interview with Page 12. After having participated in four olympicswith a gold medal included in Rio 2016, the way of living the activity is questioned and think about how it affects the idea that no pain, no gain. “For a long time I thought that anything could happen to me and I went out into the water just the same. Today I rethink the imposed issues with which we grew up in high performance. It’s okay to commit, but also to accept if I had a family problem, if it hurts and I suffer,” said the athlete from Rosario.

-How did the preparation for Paris start?

-I’m with this new project in the 49er FX. In January we got into all the planning and now we’re back from our first US tour. I took some time to realize and understand if it could be a serious project because to do an Olympic campaign a big commitment is required.

-How was the tour in the United States?

-It was the first time we sailed with a boat next to us to understand where we are standing and what points we have to work on. I’m on a new boat and Sol (Branz) went from being a crew member to being a helmsman, so we’re both in the process of learning. We will not know what we are capable of until we run two or three tournaments in Europe. Sol is very clear about what it means to do an Olympic campaign and he has a great desire to win a medal because in Tokyo he was very close.

-Why did you decide to separate with Santiago Lange?

We didn’t even have to discuss it. For my part, I had made the decision and I think Santi did too. These projects have their cycle that suddenly ends, there comes a point where you don’t make the other person a better navigator and the other person doesn’t make you a better navigator. There was a fundamental base in our team that had to do with excellence and enjoyment and even though there was commitment, intention and desire, we did not comply with that.

Speaking of the final hug when they won the medal race in Tokyo with no chance of a medal, the Olympic champion in Rio 2016 was moved: “It was nice to have won that last regatta because we showed that we were prepared to have a good result. It was not given to us but having navigated it so well was a small gift. We close a nice stage with a nice hug.”

The athlete began with a new challenge in hosting the “TNT Sports Identities” cycle, a program of eight interviews with different sports personalities with the aim of making visible and naturalizing diversity in terms of sexual orientation, gender identity and disability.

-What is the idea of ​​Identities?

-The idea of ​​the program is to encourage people to live more naturally, that those who watch the cycle feel identified, that we make sport a more inclusive place and show the value of people for what they do and what they are. Sport is a tool for integration, for overcoming, for learning values, and we have always boasted about it, but if you start to analyze it in depth, it is not fulfilled because we leave people out and my wish is that this does not happen again.

-What motivated you for the project?

-In my history I lived a lot of things that I would have liked not to live them. It was a very big challenge because I had never done an interview. When I talked to people with disabilities, they told me that they don’t want to be applauded for having overcome their disability, but to be respected for the effort they make to achieve a result.

What things that you experienced would you have changed?

-If I look back, I don’t change anything in my life, but I wish a person who doesn’t have to hide anything and who can live freely, without burden and without guilt about their sexual orientation. There is still symbolic and physical aggression against a large part of the group. My great wish is that people can freely choose our sexual orientation, our gender identity or what we want to do in our lives.

-In Paris it would be your fifth Olympic Game. Do you think about the sports retirement?

-I thought about it after Tokyo because I was going to the water and I didn’t enjoy it, but I insisted on continuing because I knew that feeling was not genuine, or perhaps it was part of the process of having finished a cycle that generated emotions that had nothing to do with my relationship. with the water. It was a key day that we went sailing and I realized that I had enjoyed it to the fullest again and tears of emotion began to fall.

-How do you see the current sport in the country?

-We are in a country where there are more urgent needs than sport, but at the same time it is a fundamental part of the construction of society. I think Enard is a before and after in Argentine sport, an injection of professionalism and money that has helped us a lot, but resources are still lacking. The question of money is fundamental because all the expenses of the athletes are in dollars. It would be great to go back to the 1 percent of mobile telephony going directly to the Enard because it would give us freedom.

-Once you retire, would you like to continue linked to the sport?

-Sport is my life and I want to always stay connected to give back something of everything it gave me. I was awarded a scholarship in some Olympic cycles by the IOC. I have received the support of the Secretary of Sports, the Enard, the COA and I feel that it is my family. I would love to work with athletes to accompany them in their processes.

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